Urban Development - World Bank Group The World Bank Group supports cities and mobilizes subnational finance to create jobs by building urban infrastructure and strengthening municipal services
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
Event | The World Bank Group at WUF13 The World Bank Group is attending the thirteenth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF13) to showcase how we work with national and local governments to create jobs and build more livable cities Join us live in Baku at our events, at our Urban Expo pavilion and online to learn more INVESTING IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT As the world's largest multilateral financier of urban development, the World
Banking on Cities: Investing in Resilient and Low-Carbon Urbanization This report highlights the substantial investments required to build more resilient and low-carbon cities in low- and middle-income countries These investments are crucial to strengthen essential infrastructure, unlock new jobs, and ensure more sustainable urban development Resilient and low
How an Urban Program in Ethiopia Delivered More than a Million Jobs With World Bank support, over 1 15 million jobs were created as a result of the Ethiopia Urban Institutional and Infrastructure Development Program (UIIDP) Infrastructure investments in 117 cities helped improve living conditions for more than 6 6 million people, fueling employment and economic growth Strengthened local governance and financial systems enabled cities to plan, deliver, and
India has a critical opportunity to drive resilient urban development . . . Investments in adaptation will also save over 130,000 lives from extreme heat impacts by 2050 With over 50 percent of the urban infrastructure required for 2050 still to be built, India has a critical opportunity to drive resilient urban infrastructure development “The imperative for India to build resilient cities at scale is clear
New World Bank Financing Set to Revamp Dodoma’s Urban Mobility and . . . 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%
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Enhancing Urban Resilience Addis Ababa requires actions and investments oriented toward implementing existing plans and regulations, establishing clear and capacitated leadership on risk management topics, and investing in infrastructure that meets existing and future needs
Demographic Trends and Urbanization - World Bank Group Demographic trends are diverse among regions, within regions and within countries: while many cities will continue to grow, albeit at declining rates, many other cities are looking at declining or aging populations In the near future, many more cities will face an increasing aging population, with important implications for the provision of urban infrastructure and service provision