The City of Yokohama offers useful
lessons for other cities seeking to achieve sustainable
urban development. It simultaneously managed rapid economic
growth and a sharp...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 131973Date: November 1, 2018Author:
Okazawa,Yuko ;
Levine,Daniel
This story highlights an outcome of
infoDev, a multi-donor program administered by the World
Bank Group, with a focus on entrepreneurs in developing
economies. This...
A dynamic environment calls for flexible
strategies. As investors in a traditionally stable asset
class that is changing quickly, we need to develop in-house
‘innovation...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 133117Date: November 1, 2018Author:
Kats,Viktor ;
Bahl,Deepali
This paper explores the incentives for
backyarding, an expanding category of urban land-use in
developing countries that has proliferated South Africa. The
theoretical...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8636Date: November 1, 2018Author:
Brueckner,Jan K. ;
Rabe,Claus ;
Selod,Harris
The availability and affordability of
decent housing has become an important economic and social
concern in the European Union (EU), as housing price
increases in metropolitan...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 131876Date: November 1, 2018Author:
Inchauste Comboni,Maria Gabriela ;
Karver,Jonathan George ;
Kim,Yeon Soo ;
Abdel Jelil,Mohamed
This study of transferrable development
rights (TDRs) has been produced as part of the work
undertaken for the World Bank advisory services and
analytics of Land Sector...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0000506Date: November 1, 2018Author:
Grover,Richard John ;
Galić, Zdravko ;
Corsi,Anna ;
Kindap,Ahmed
A widely cited report from 1979
suggested that existing wood supplies in Haiti would be
enough to meet increasing charcoal demand until around the
year 2000, but that...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 134058Date: November 1, 2018Author:
Tarter,Andrew Martin ;
Freeman,Katie Kennedy ;
Ward,Christopher S. ;
Sander,Klas ;
Theus,Kenson ;
Coello,Barbara ;
Fawaz,Yarine Sanya ;
Miles,Melinda ;
Ahmed,Tarig Tagalasfia Gasimalla
This study aims to provide an assessment
of the micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) sector
finance in India. The chapters in the study highlight the
key characteristics...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 134150Date: November 1, 2018Author:
Dutt,Nisha ;
Prasad,Mukund ;
Pathak,Nilotpal ;
Shah,Abhishek ;
Puranam,Srav ;
Gokhale,Amar
Sub-Saharan Africa’s (SSA) race to
resilience just became more urgent with the release of the
IPCC 1.5 degrees C Special Report. The Africa region must
adapt to the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 132749Date: November 1, 2018Author:
Rigaud,Kanta K. ;
Ravina Da Silva,Manuela ;
Shetty,Anushree Arun ;
Wang,Tao
Whether individuals and job
opportunities are well connected is a key determinant or
productive urban labor markets. The overall level of job
accessibility in a city...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 132529Date: November 1, 2018Author:
Nakamura,Shohei ;
Avner,Paolo
The objective of this report is to
identify existing regulatory restraints to competition in
key sectors and the economy as a whole and use them to
design an effective...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 134949Date: November 1, 2018Author:
Miralles Murciego,Graciela ;
Galang,Roberto Martin Nolan ;
Nyman,Sara ;
Ore Monago,Tilsa Guillermina ;
Zipitria,Leandro Deambrosio
This document focuses on the Bus Rapid
Transit (BRT) development along the BRT Phase 1 Corridor,
applying a Transit Oriented Development (TOD) approach to
the redevelopment...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 135866Date: November 1, 2018
This report is part of output 2 of the
reimbursable advisory services agreement signed between the
municipality of Constanta and the World Bank, on October 9,
2017,...
Type: ReportReport#: 156882Date: November 1, 2018Author:
Varvari,Stefana Alexandra Diana ;
Cristea,Marius ;
Ionescu-Heroiu,Marcel ;
Aprahamian,Arabela Sena ;
Vintan,Adina Dorina ;
Irimia,Ioana-Alexandra ;
Butacu,Bianca-Cristina
This report is part of output 2 of the
reimbursable advisory services agreement signed between the
municipality of Constanta and the World Bank, on October 9,
2017,...
Type: ReportReport#: 156883Date: November 1, 2018Author:
Cristea,Marius ;
Ionescu-Heroiu,Marcel ;
Aprahamian,Arabela Sena ;
Vintan,Adina Dorina ;
Irimia,Ioana-Alexandra ;
Butacu,Bianca-Cristina
This story highlights an outcome of
infoDev, a multi-donor program administered by the World
Bank Group, with a focus on entrepreneurs in developing
economies. In Kiserian,...
Sixteenth in a series of annual reports
comparing business regulation in 190 economies, Doing
Business 2019 covers 11 areas of business regulation. Ten of
these areas...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 131794Date: October 31, 2018
Sixteenth in a series of annual reports
comparing business regulation in 190 economies, Doing
Business 2019 covers 11 areas of business regulation. Ten of
these areas...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 131589Date: October 31, 2018
Sixteenth in a series of annual reports
comparing business regulation in 190 economies, Doing
Business 2019 covers 11 areas of business regulation. Ten of
these areas...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 131864Date: October 31, 2018
This paper develops a tractable method
to identify urban areas and applies it to India, where
urbanization is messy. Google Earth images are assessed
subjectively to...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8628Date: October 29, 2018Author:
Galdo,Virgilio ;
Li,Yue-000316086 ;
Rama,Martin G.
In the past 15 years, the IDA Regional
Program has been an important instrument for IDA to support
its clients in addressing regional challenges and promoting
regional...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 132315Date: October 26, 2018
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