Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC)

Event

TDLC actively collaborates with City Partnership Program (CPP) cities and other external stakeholders to host or co-organize a wide range of symposiums, events, and seminars. Some aim to share the World Bank-TDLC approach to urban development with Japanese stakeholders while others focus on sharing Japanese knowledge and experience with a wider global community of urban development experts and practitioners. 

Panel Discussion at the International Symposium “From Recovery to Growth: Learning From Hiroshima’s Experience” - Dialogue between Hiroshima, Ukraine and other Eastern European and Central Asian Countries - (Photo: World Bank Group).

In addition, TDLC is invited to participate in events arranged by other bodies to share our expertise in specific fields. We also collaborate with other international or government agencies to provide training support for education programs or to provide lectures at selected universities.  

Research and Publication

TDLC conducts various research activities on key urban topics to develop new knowledge that contributes to the Bank’s global studies and research initiatives.    

TDLC’s publications touch on a wide range of key urban topics broadly categorized under the following three themes:  

• Urban policy and governance: Strategies, governance frameworks, and institutional arrangements that determine how cities and towns should be built or transformed. This also covers related key topics such as the environment, social inclusion, and economic development. 
• Infrastructure and services: Urban infrastructure as well as the public services that are essential for city dwellers. Key topics include solid waste management, public transport, water supply systems, and public spaces.  
• Emerging topics and technology: Studies and research on cutting-edge urban development topics that are becoming increasingly relevant as a result of recent advances in technology.  

▶ See our full list of Publications.

FY24 Results

TDLC continued to collaborate with our partners on outreach and dissemination through joint events, development of knowledge products, and communications and outreach.

       Knowledge Exchange Events

• Raised global visibility  of the 12th Asia Smart Cities Conference by inviting high level delegations (including Governors and Mayors). TDLC held a session to launch two World Bank flagship reports on Urban Heat and Cities and Climate.
• Showcased lessons in leveraging data for resilient cities in the Understanding Risk Forum 2024

       Knowledge Products

• Published report on "Overcoming Multiple Urban Crises: Lessons from the Reconstruction of Hiroshima“
• Contributing to World Bank flagship reports: “What a Waste 3.0” and “SWM Report for LAC Region”
• Prepared case studies Japanese O&M Best Practices
• Prepared the report “Local Revitalization Through Community-driven Site-specific Art Festivals - the Case of Echigo Tsumari, Japan"