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 …
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 …
Banking on Cities: Investing in Resilient and Low-Carbon Urbanization
Jun 3, 2025 · 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 …
Urban Development - World Bank Group
Oct 30, 2025 · 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 …
LAC Equity Lab: Income Inequality - Urban/Rural Inequality
Inequality is higher in rural than in urban areas of LAC, but had been decreasing in both during the last 15 years, however, following the pandemic caused by COVID-19 inequality increased in some …
Bangladesh Receives $900 Million World Bank Financing to Improve ...
Dhaka, December 22, 2024 —Bangladesh and the World Bank signed two financing agreements totaling $900 million today to help the country achieve environment sustainability, inclusive growth and …
Indonesia’s Urban Story - World Bank Group
Improving urban infrastructure can help Indonesia gain more benefits from urbanization, rather than challenges.
Urban Risk Assessments: Understanding Disaster and Climate Risk in …
The Urban Risk Assessment presents a flexible approach that project and city managers can use to identify feasible measures to assess a city’s risk to natural disasters and climate change.
Demographic Trends and Urbanization - World Bank Group
May 19, 2021 · 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 …
India has a critical opportunity to drive resilient urban development ...
Jul 22, 2025 · 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 …