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    Engines of Growth and Prosperity for Developing Countries?

    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2008

    This paper reviews the evidence about the effects of urbanization and cities on productivity and economic growth in developing countries using a consistent theoretical framework. Just like in developed economies, there is strong evidence that cities in developing countries bolster productive efficiency. Regarding whether cities promote self-sustained growth, the evidence is suggestive but ultimately inconclusive. These findings imply that the traditional agenda of aiming to raise within-city efficiency should be continued.

  2. Library Resource

    Situational Analysis of Ex-Combatants in the Pool Region, Republic of Congo

    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2011
    Congo, Africa

    Although official warfare in the Republic of Congo stopped more than eight years ago, the pool region has continued to feel the collateral effects of war until now at a scale largely ignored by the general public. The pool region is where the Ninjas, a group of local militias, originated during the civil strife and retreated to afterwards. Peace and recovery did not gain traction in the area until 2010/11.

  3. Library Resource

    Lessons Learned from the Experience in Lagos and Other Mega-Cities

    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    June, 2015
    Africa, Nigeria

    This report aims to extract lessons on slum upgrading and involuntary resettlement policies and practices learned from the process of addressing the Badia East case, which involved complex interactions between affected people, NGOs, the Bank and Lagos State Government.

  4. Library Resource
    March, 2013

    In August 2004, in response to a request
    from the Government of Vietnam (GOV), the WB/ IDA launched
    preparatory activities for the Priority Infrastructure
    Investment Project (PIIP) in Danang. The PIIP is a
    multi-sectoral infrastructure investment initiative aimed at
    poverty reduction and the promotion of economic growth. The
    Project reflects the national goals set out in the
    Comprehensive Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy (CPRGS),

  5. Library Resource
    India - Mumbai Urban Transport Project : Guidance Note on Urban Resettlement cover image
    Manuals & Guidelines
    March, 2012
    India

    The purpose of this guidance note is to
    bridge precisely identify how to implement World Bank
    resettlement policies in the context of infrastructure
    projects affecting South Asian largest cities, with a focus
    on the impacts on poor areas and slums. The guidance note is
    intended as a tool to help decision makers in Government
    agencies and in the Bank, particularly in respect of the
    main aspects: 1) methods to assess and evaluate resettlement

  6. 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

  7. Library Resource
    February, 2013
    Sudan

    This study responds to the need for
    information and analysis on the urban sector in Sudan, to
    inform the Bank's policy dialogue with the Government
    of Sudan (GoS) on urban and local government issues, and to
    inform the design of future Bank assistance. The first phase
    of this analytical exercise, which is the focus of this
    report, develops an overview of the urban landscape. The
    report is structured as follows: section two describes the

  8. Library Resource
    March, 2012

    Today, 370 million people live in cities
    in earthquake prone areas and 310 million in cities with
    high probability of tropical cyclones. By 2050, these
    numbers are likely to more than double. Mortality risk
    therefore is highly concentrated in many of the world s
    cities and economic risk even more so. This paper discusses
    what sets hazard risk in urban areas apart, provides
    estimates of valuation of hazard risk, and discusses

  9. Library Resource
    April, 2013

    This book rental housing lessons from
    international experience and policies for emerging market
    is an effort to bring rental housing to the forefront of the
    housing agenda of countries around the world and to provide
    general guidance for policy makers whose actions can have an
    effect on where and how people live. It warns of the
    challenges they face and provides guidelines on how to
    develop or redevelop a sound rental sector. it can enable

  10. Library Resource
    October, 2014
    Guinea, Papua New Guinea

    In 2012 Papua New Guinea undertook a
    national Service Delivery Assessment of rural water, rural
    sanitation, urban water and urban sanitation services to
    identify coverage and targets, how well services are being
    delivered and the financing shortfalls in these subsectors.
    Immediately following this assessment, stakeholders, through
    a national policy task force, have developed a draft of the
    country s first National Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

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