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capabilities are built to develop and implement locally appropriate strategies. The Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP) aims to …
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Africa regional workshop in Livingstone in May 2019. The objective of this workshop was to: (a) develop an understanding of … smaller capital cities in Southern Africa can exchange ideas and consider options to address their current urban mobility …
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growing city in East Africa. The arrival of thousands of in-migrants year after year has overwhelmed the city's ability to … Urban Development in Africa: Enhancing the Relationship Between Urbanization, Environmental Assets and Ecosystem Services …," a project being conducted under the leadership of the World Bank. The Profile summarizes the existing quality of the …
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promoting green urban development in Africa: enhancing the relationship between urbanization, environmental assets, and … ecosystem services, a project being conducted under the leadership of the World Bank. An overall objective of this project is to …
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Cities in the developing world are rapidly expanding, boosting countries' economies, reducing poverty, and fueling … range of shocks and stresses that cities may encounter. The flagship report -- co-authored by the World Bank Group and the … poverty and promoting shared prosperity. And while, over the last five years, the World Bank Group has financed more than USD …
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, reflecting differing market, regulatory, and policy circumstances. This policy brief draws on World Bank experience and datasets … infrastructure system operators in different cities around the world, and how these link back to the climate challenges they may face … the World Bank Group …
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Rapid urbanization in Ghana over the past three decades has coincided with rapid GDP growth. This has helped to create jobs, increase human capital, decrease poverty, and expand opportunities and improve living conditions for millions of Ghanaians. Ghana’s urban transformation has been...
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The objective of this report is to explore innovative financing instruments and approaches for catalyzing private sector financing to fill the climate-smart investment gap in cities. The report reviews the existing literature, highlights key barriers in scaling-up private investment in...
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Over the last decade, turkey has initiated several regulatory and institutional reforms to better mitigate and reduce disaster risks, with a focus on seismic risk. The Squatter (Gecekondu) Law No. 775 (1966) was the first regulatory effort to produce housing for low-income groups in Turkey, and...
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Tanzania's growth and poverty reduction aspirations hinge on shifting from a reliance on agriculture toward greater productivity. Cities' key role in generating a more competitive economy is already apparent: in 2012, just four Tanzanian cities produced more than half of the country's gross...
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