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Promoting Green Urban Development in African Cities : Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Urban Environmental Profile
World Bank Group - 2016
The city of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania has undergone a period of unprecedented urbanization that has contributed to the … Urban Development in Africa: Enhancing the Relationship Between Urbanization, Environmental Assets and Ecosystem Services …
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Promoting Green Urban Development in African Cities : Kampala, Uganda, Urban Environmental Profile
World Bank Group - 2015
The city of Kampala has undergone a period of rapid urbanization that has contributed to the degradation of the city … promoting green urban development in Africa: enhancing the relationship between urbanization, environmental assets, and … the background and context for Kampala, providing an overview of the impacts of rapid urbanization and climate change …
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Ecological Compensation in China : Trends and Opportunities for Incentive-Based Policies Towards a Greener China
World Bank Group - 2022
China is a global leader in the use of ecological compensation ("eco-compensation")-fiscal transfers for environmental … and natural resources management. China is one of the most fiscally decentralized countries in the world, with 85 percent … impacts, and distills broad lessons from China for similar policies globally …
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Sustainable Urban Transport for Kyiv : Towards a Sustainable and Competitive City Built Upon the Legacy System and Innovations
World Bank Group - 2016
This report presents the scope and findings of the Economic Sector Work on Sustainable Urban Transport for the City of Kyiv, financed jointly by the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) and the Korea Green Growth Trust Fund (KGGTF). The analysis consists of a rigorous...
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Melaka Sustainability Outlook Diagnostic : Overview Report - Pathway to Urban Sustainability
World Bank Group - 2019
the two largest countries by population, China and India. Melaka has taken significant steps toward realizing a more …
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Pollution Management and the Making of Prosperous Cities
World Bank Group - 2020
The work summarized in this report fills a knowledge gap by contributing to an improved understanding of the links between competitiveness and pollution. Specifically, it argues that pollution need not be an inevitable consequence of development. Indeed, there are examples of cities that have...
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Sustainable Cities : Urban Areas and Climate Change in Sierra Leone
World Bank Group - 2023
Sierra Leone is highly vulnerable to natural hazards whose impacts are exacerbated by unplanned rapid urbanization. The …
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The Role of Local Governments in Promoting Local Economic Development in Uganda
World Bank Group - 2016
While Uganda has a long history of decentralized service delivery, and has instituted Local Economic Development (LED) as an additional mandate for local governments (LGs), there has been less progress in operationalizing the concept and practically implementing it across LGs in Uganda. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246695
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Slovakia - Understanding the Productivity of Slovakia's Local Governments : Key findings from an empirical study
World Bank Group - 2024
This report employs a diverse range of data sources to examine district-level variations in public sector productivity in Slovakia. It leverages administrative data to measure productivity from the Fabasoft and Cezir data systems that provide detailed insights into case management and business...
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Debt Management Performance Assessment (DeMPA) Subnational Government : La Paz Municipality (Bolivia)
World Bank Group - 2022
The Bolivian economy is gradually recovering from the pandemic-induced recession. La Paz Municipality primary balance has fluctuated near balance as this municipality managed to cushion the decline in hydrocarbon revenues and the pandemic. The DeMPA assessment for the Autonomous Municipal...
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