- 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
- 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
- Managing Nepal’s Urban Transition - World Bank Group
Urban Growth and Spatial Transition in Nepal: An Initial Assessment provides insights into the first of these two transitions – Nepal’s journey towards becoming a predominantly urban economy A Changing Country A largely rural country, with only 17 percent of the population living in urban areas, Nepal is urbanizing rapidly With a
- Urban Development in Phnom Penh - World Bank Group
Improving urban planning and implementation To realize the long-term vision of the city’s Master Plan 2035, enabling regulations and codes, existing urban planning processes, and technical capacity for implementation need strengthening Investing in sustainable urban infrastructure
- 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
- Madagascar: $75 Million for an Integrated Urban Development and . . .
WASHINGTON, May 17–The World Bank approved today a $75 million International Development Association (IDA)* credit to improve urban drainage, selected public services and climate resilience for the urban poor of Greater Antananarivo 650,000 people living in the low-income neighborhoods, within
- Promoting Livable Cities by Investing in Urban Mobility - World Bank Group
Urban transport is vital for connecting people to jobs, education, healthcare, and other essential services in cities The World Bank is supporting countries through investments in mass transit projects and other public transport improvements Since 2012, 12 metro and bus rapid transit (BRT) projects have been completed, benefiting more than 20 million people Among the many benefits of these
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