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maintain key urban infrastructure. Strategies for covering the costs of climate-resilient upgrades will vary by locale … and a review of academic and grey literature on financing three core urban infrastructure systems - water, transport, and … infrastructure system operators in different cities around the world, and how these link back to the climate challenges they may face …
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This Resilient Urban Infrastructure Guidelines forms one of a suite of reports developed by AECOM for the World Bank … Group under the 'Enhancement of Resilient Urban Planning and Infrastructure Investments in Urban Areas in Kenya' assignment … infrastructure projects, and of communities, to physical risks, notably impacts of climate changes. This will increase the …
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This report examines the role of infrastructure in explaining why the region lags so far behind the rest of the country …. More importantly, it looks at how improved infrastructure may help the region catch up. Infrastructure is examined here …
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global prosperity. But as more people, assets, and economic activity become concentrated in cities, and infrastructure … least 400 billion dollars will be needed each year to make city infrastructure low-emissions and more resilient to the wide …
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Despite its small population and land area, Bhutan is among the most rapidly urbanizing countries in South Asia. While this urbanization parallels robust economic growth and the expansion of job and investment opportunities in cities, there remain challenges to fully leveraging the potential of...
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considered in the built environment in Yemen. Ensuring the accessibility of basic infrastructure and services is the primary step … infrastructure investment project, starting with the planning and programming phase …
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This case study examines the grievance redress mechanisms (GRMs) put in place for two World Bank financed projects in the Republic of Rwanda: the Feeder Roads Development Project (FRDP) and the Rwanda Urban Development Project (RUDP). Based on consultations and interviews with key informants,...
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World Bank, the engagement on Safe and Resilient Infrastructure has carried out a preliminary structural assessment of over … during the Forum on Safe and Resilient Infrastructure that took place in Manila, Philippines, in October 2013. This report is … methodology and results of a vulnerability assessment and prioritization conducted under the Safe and Resilient Infrastructure …
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change. Participation of the private sector in climate-smart investments and infrastructure is critical and public … infrastructure gap without mobilizing private sector expertise, innovative thinking, investment capacity, and finance. PPPs can be a …
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This report provides a diagnostic and a set of recommendations for the coordination of infrastructure investments in … three main sectors in Romania: roads; water and wastewater; and social infrastructure (education, health, culture, and … Infrastructure (DG RDI), which manages the most important state-budget-funded program for local infrastructure investments - the …
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