- Urban Development Overview - World Bank Group
The Tamil Nadu Sustainable Urban Development Project in India achieved significant urban service delivery improvements, benefiting 2 8 million people across 30 urban areas Key accomplishments include the construction of a first-of-its-kind wastewater treatment plant, 500 km of new stormwater drainage systems, over 1,000 km of water supply
- Bangladesh Receives $900 Million World Bank Financing to Improve . . .
The $400 million Resilient Urban and Territorial Development Project will help improve climate-resilient and gender-responsive urban infrastructure and urban management capacities The project will be implemented in seven city clusters along the economic corridor covering over 950 kilometers of the highway from Cox Bazaar in the south to
- Shaping a Cooler Bangkok: Tackling Urban Heat for a More Livable City
Extreme urban heat is becoming an urgent challenge for Bangkok, threatening lives, livelihoods, and the city’s economic resilience The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect exacerbates this crisis, turning built-up areas into heat traps that contribute to heat-related mortality, lost productivity, higher energy consumption, and other negative outcomes
- Indonesia’s Urban Story - World Bank Group
Indonesia has the third-largest amount of urban land in East Asia, after China and Japan Between 2000 and 2010, the amount of urban land in Indonesia increased from about 8,900 square kilometers to 10,000, or 1 1% each year It is the largest increase in absolute amount of urban land after China Indonesia can benefit more from urbanization
- New World Bank Financing Set to Revamp Dodoma’s Urban Mobility and . . .
WASHINGTON, March 24, 2025—A new World Bank-financed investment will enhance mobility and accessibility in Tanzania’s capital, Dodoma, unlocking economic opportunities and creating over 10,000 new jobs by 2030, while boosting the city’s economic output by 2% The $200 million Dodoma Integrated
- Megacity Kinshasa Eyes Climate Resilient Future Through Urban Management
Urban planning – addressing inclusion and empowerment The project will also go beyond physical infrastructure to address socioeconomic inclusion and empowerment, skills development, and gender-based violence prevention, along with urban planning, land administration and improved city governance
- World Bank Supports Inclusive and Sustainable Development of Amaravati City
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors yesterday approved the $800 million Amaravati Integrated Urban Development Program aimed at establishing the city as a well-managed, climate-resilient growth center in Andhra Pradesh that generates jobs and improves the lives of its current and future residents, especially the most vulnerable
- A knowledge event on Urban infrastructure asset management
On June 17 2025, in collaboration with Quality Infrastructure Investment Partnership (QII) and The Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF), the World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC) is organizing a round table discussion on Urban infrastructure asset management During the event, national and local government, academia, private sector will share and discuss how Japan has been
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