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Migrants, towns, poverty and jobs : insights from Tanzania

Christiaensen, Luc J.; De Weerdt, Joachim; Ingelaere, Bert - 2018

For a long time, the urbanization and development discourse has coincided with a focus on economic growth and big … cities. Yet, much of the world's new urbanization is taking place in smaller urban entities (towns), and the composition of … urbanization may well bear on the speed of poverty reduction. This paper reviews the latter question within the context of Tanzania …

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Selection, firm turnover, and productivity growth : do emerging cities speed up the process?

Jones, Patricia; Mengistae, Taye; Zeufack, Albert G. - 2018

This paper identifies and estimates the impact of firm entry and exit on plant-level productivity in Ethiopia as part of a selection mechanism that might be driving aggregate productivity growth in cities. Specifically, the paper investigates how firms' entry and exit contribute to the pace of...

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Democratic Republic of Congo Urbanization Review : Productive and Inclusive Cities for an Emerging Democratic Republic of Congo

2009

need to make cities more productive by addressing the lack of concentrated economic activity. The Urbanization Review of … (East, South, Central, West and Congo Basin) that present specific challenges and opportunities. The Urbanization Review …

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Toward great Dhaka : a new urban development paradigm eastward

Bird, Julia; Li, Yue; Rahman, Hossain Zillur; Rama, Martin - 2018

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The hidden wealth of cities : creating, financing, and managing public spaces

Kher Kaw, Jon (ed.); Lee, Hyunji (ed.); Wahba, Sameh (ed.) - 2020

This book identifies effective strategies to plan, create and manage government and privately-owned public urban spaces, and explores the broad spectrum of ways to govern public spaces and how they can be financially sustainable assets. The book consists of three Parts. Part I explores the...

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Elaboration of Integration Strategies for Urban Marginalized Communities : The Atlas of Urban Marginalized Communities in Romania

World Bank - 2014

The current report is part of the work on integrating poor areas and marginalized communities in Romania. Specifically, the Bank's technical assistance provided through this project focuses on three primary components: (1) a methodology for defining different types of urban disadvantaged...

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Building Regulation for Resilience : Managing Risks for Safer Cities

World Bank Group - 2015

The global toll of human suffering and material loss due to disasters has led to growing public concern and expanded institutional response in the form of disaster relief and recovery assistance from individuals, governments, and intergovernmental organizations. Initial humanitarian concern has...

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Addressing Climate Challenges in ECA Cities

World Bank - 2012

Much of the world's built environment is found in urban areas, and cities are thought to be responsible for up to 70 percent of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and up to 80 percent of primary energy demand. Most of the energy consumed in the world fuels urban industry, powers urban homes...

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Investing in Urban Resilience : Protecting and Promoting Development in a Changing World

World Bank Group - 2016

Cities in the developing world are rapidly expanding, boosting countries' economies, reducing poverty, and fueling global prosperity. But as more people, assets, and economic activity become concentrated in cities, and infrastructure struggles to keep up with rapid growth, the risk posed by...

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Cities in Europe and Central Asia : A Shifting Story of Urban Growth and Decline

Zhukova, Sofia - 2017

urbanization and economic development. Section two zooms into ECA's urban systems and describes emerging trends in population and …

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