Urban Development Overview - World Bank Group Urban Development As the world's largest multilateral financier of urban development, the World Bank works with national and local governments to build more livable, sustainable, and resilient cities and communities
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
Myanmar’s Urbanization: Creating Opportunities for All A new report entitled Myanmar’s Urbanization: Creating Opportunities for All identifies key challenges and provides policy recommendations for urbanization in Myanmar, with a special focus on Yangon and Mandalay
Urbanization Reviews - World Bank Group The World Bank's Urbanization Reviews offer a framework for city leaders to make tough decisions by providing diagnostic tools to identify policy distortions and analyze investment priorities
Fostering Competitive, Sustainable and Inclusive Cities in the Philippines Urbanization presents a great opportunity for economic growth and poverty reduction in the country In the Philippines Urbanization Review: Fostering Competitive, Sustainable and Inclusive Cities, the World Bank and the Government of the Philippines analyze three challenges that need to be addressed if the country is to reap the benefits of
Systems of Cities: Harnessing Urbanization for Growth and Poverty . . . The World Bank put forth its Urban and Local Government Strategy at a critical time For the first time in history more than half the world’s people live in cities Over 90 percent of urban growth is occurring in the developing world, adding an estimated 70 million new residents to urban areas
Event | 9th Urbanization and Development Conference The 9th Urbanization and Development Conference took place in Cape Town, South Africa on June 11-12, 2025 and focused on the theme of urban economics for Africa
Rise of the Anatolian Tigers: Turkey Urbanization Review This policy brief frames a second-generation urban development agenda to support Turkey’s transition from upper middle income to high income Turkey Urbanization Review: Rise of the Anatolian Tigers highlights salient features of Turkey’s urbanization process with the aim of extracting lessons learned for other developing countries
Urban Development in Phnom Penh - World Bank Group Urbanization presents an enormous opportunity for Cambodia As has been demonstrated in countries around the world, urbanization is a driving force for growth and poverty reduction