Discover how the Ethiopia Urban Institutional and Infrastructure Development Program created 1.15 million jobs with World Bank support.
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.
Inc.com on MSN: 10 urban development innovations that will change how we live and work by 2030
10 urban development innovations that will change how we live and work by 2030
Science Daily: Scientists create framework to guide development and assessment of urban climate action plans
Scientists create framework to guide development and assessment of urban climate action plans
The World Bank Group supports cities and mobilizes subnational finance to create jobs by building urban infrastructure and strengthening municipal services.
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 ...
Urban China: Toward Efficient, Inclusive, and Sustainable Urbanization The joint report by the World Bank and the Development Research Center of China’s State Council, Urban China: Toward Efficient, Inclusive and Sustainable Urbanization, includes six priority areas for a new model of urbanization: 1. Reforming land management and institutions Because most of the urban expansion in recent ...
WASHINGTON, – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved $400 million in financing for a new project that will provide safely managed water, sanitation and basic hygiene services, and help improve the institutional and financial performance of local urban administration in Punjab province.
Fast Company: The most innovative urban development and real estate companies for 2025
Egypt has unveiled an ambitious urban development east of Cairo, positioning it as a cornerstone project to drive economic growth ...
The World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC), in collaboration with the Land and Urban Communities of Practice, is organizing a Technical Deep Dive (TDD) on Urban Land from October 7 to 11, ...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the revised National Urban Development Policy (NUDP). The Policy provides a transformative framework to guide urban planning, development, and ...
Fast Company: The most innovative real estate and urban development companies in 2026
Real estate development tends to be marketed and sold using the language of neighborhood elevation. This year’s Most Innovative Companies in real estate and urban development also aimed to improve and ...
Want to create a second or additional Facebook account? This post will show you how to create Multiple Profiles in Facebook Account. After testing for over a year, Meta has finally released its new ...
The new macOS Sonoma software update has been released and it brings a range of new features to the Mac, one of these is the ability to create individual profiles on Apple’s Safari, this guide will ...
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How an Urban Program in Ethiopia Delivered More than a Million Jobs
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.
Shaping a Cooler Bangkok: Tackling Urban Heat for a More Livable City
The Djibouti Integrated Slum Upgrading Project, launched in 2018, aims to improve living conditions in deprived urban areas in Djibouti City and to strengthen the capacity of public institutions responsible for implementing the Zero Slum Program.
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%.
New World Bank Financing Set to Revamp Dodoma’s Urban Mobility and ...
Nature-based solutions like urban farming, terraces, and green corridors can help cities with climate challenges including urban heat, flooding, and air pollution. But how can governments and communities determine which nature-based solutions best meet their needs? In Kinshasa, indigenous knowledge, innovative tools, and proactive local government are helping to answer the question.
Morocco World News: Egypt Launches $27 Billion ‘The Spine’ Megaproject to Redefine Cairo’s Urban Future
Egypt Launches $27 Billion ‘The Spine’ Megaproject to Redefine Cairo’s Urban Future
World Bank: Event Announcement of 50th TDD: Technical Deep Dive on Urban Land
EurekAlert!: A landscape-based approach to urban heritage management: People, spatial biography, and ecosystem
This article first identifies the current definition of urban heritage that includes both “old” and “young” monuments. Their protection has also shifted from solely preserving “old” values into a more ...
A landscape-based approach to urban heritage management: People, spatial biography, and ecosystem
With the world projected to be highly urbanized by 2050, cities are encouraged to take urgent climate actions to mitigate and adapt to the threats of climate change. As climate change intensifies and ...
A new partnership could make residential renewable energy more affordable in Fort Wayne. Midwest America Federal Credit Union and Urban Beginnings Choice Federal Credit Union are partnering with the ...
San Francisco is a town that celebrates people in all their quirky, peculiar, and eccentric forms. The Urban Profile column tells the stories of the colorful characters that make San Francisco–well, ...
Untapped Cities: Urban Profile: Halcyonaire Explores the Interplay of the Urban and the Natural with Dark Country Rock
Urban Profile: Halcyonaire Explores the Interplay of the Urban and the Natural with Dark Country Rock
As the director of economic development for Sugar Land, TX, Elizabeth Huff, leads the city’s comprehensive and proactive economic development strategy and annual business plan, overseeing the Primary ...
It was Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General who said some time ago that “The only barrier to human development is ignorance, and this is not insurmountable”. I was fortunate to have been invited by ...