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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    May, 2014
    Eastern Asia, Oceania

    Urbanization deserves urgent attention from policy makers, academics, entrepreneurs, and social reformers of all stripes. Nothing else will create as many opportunities for social and economic progress. The urbanization project began roughly 1,000 years after the transition from the Pleistocene to the milder and more stable Holocene interglacial. In 2010, the urban population in developing countries stood at 2.5 billion. The developing world can accommodate the urban population growth and declining urban density in many ways.

  2. Library Resource
    August, 2014

    This report summarizes the proceedings
    from a workshop, the first in the region designed to foster
    a multi-sectoral approach to development energy services for
    poverty reduction, held at the Hilton Hotel in Addis Ababa,
    Ethiopia, October 23-25, 2002. It was co-organized by the
    World Bank-UNDP sponsored Energy Sector Management
    Assistance Program (ESMAP) and the World Bank Africa Energy
    Unit, and others. The report focuses on the key issues

  3. Library Resource
    August, 2014
    Laos

    Lao PDR economic performance has
    continued to improve during 2006. Real GDP grew at 7.0
    percent in 2005 and is now expected to be slightly higher at
    7.3 percent in 2006. This growth is in large part due to
    foreign investment inflows in mining and hydro-power and
    growing mineral exports, but the share of non-mining
    contributions has increased this year, reaching 4.9 out of
    7.3 percent. Agriculture, manufacturing and services sectors

  4. Library Resource
    August, 2014
    Egypt

    The objective of this paper is to
    present a succinct and up-to-date review of the urban sector
    in Egypt, with a focus on issues for which there is new
    insight or emerging government interest. The two main themes
    of the report are the challenges facing the urban sector and
    the policy implications at various levels of government.
    Some of the reports mains findings are: urbanization in
    Egypt takes on forms and processes which are not well

  5. Library Resource
    August, 2014
    Egypt

    The objective of this paper is to
    present a succinct and up-to-date review of the urban sector
    in Egypt, with a focus on issues for which there is new
    insight or emerging government interest. The two main themes
    of the report are the challenges facing the urban sector and
    the policy implications at various levels of government.
    Some of the reports mains findings are: urbanization in
    Egypt takes on forms and processes which are not well

  6. Library Resource
    June, 2014
    Tanzania

    This report presents the problem,
    describes the analytical framework, the African and World
    context and the characteristics that need to be present for
    a responsible and effective urbanization. Chapter one
    discusses the issues involved in measuring urban growth and
    density and the problem of under-measuring density. Chapter
    two introduces key aspects of the recent urbanization in
    Tanzania, including migration, structure of economy and

  7. Library Resource
    March, 2014
    Tanzania

    This paper seeks to develop estimates of
    the net cost of the urban expansion in Tanzania. The paper
    focuses on developing estimates of the cost of planning and
    servicing land for new residential urban settlement. It does
    not attempt to develop detailed estimates of the cost of
    addressing infrastructure backlogs which would include the
    retrofitting of basic urban infrastructure to unplanned
    areas. On the revenue side, estimates of current spending in

  8. Library Resource
    March, 2014
    Ghana

    The aim of the scoping study was to gain
    an understanding of the productive activities slum dwellers
    engage in that rely on energy services and the potentials
    and challenges of slums in Ghana regarding access to modern
    energy services and income generation from productive
    activities. The objective of the ESMED-EAfUP (Energy Sector
    Management Assistance Program - ESMAP/SME Development -
    Energy Access for the Urban Poor) programme is 'to

  9. Library Resource
    Improving Energy Access to the Urban Poor in Developing Countries cover image
    Reports & Research
    March, 2014
    Brazil, Colombia, Bangladesh, India

    The case studies documented in this
    report aim to inform the energy access community (including
    practitioners, civil society groups, project planners, end
    users) about best practices of successful energy access
    initiatives targeted at slum dwellers. Eight case studies
    focusing on electrification and household energy were
    selected from India, Bangladesh, Colombia and Brazil, all
    countries that have had varying success in providing access

  10. Library Resource
    November, 2014

    Disasters are increasing worldwide with
    more devastating effects than ever before. The absolute
    number of disasters around the world has almost doubled
    since the 1980s, but the average number of natural disasters
    in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has almost tripled
    over the same period. In MENA the interplay of natural
    disasters, rapid urbanization, water scarcity, and climate
    change has emerged as a serious challenge for policy and

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