Documents et rapports

Riding the Wave of Digital Transformation : Insights from Japan’s Journey (anglais)

In the dawn of the new millennium, Japan found itself lagging in the global race to embrace information and communication technology (ICT). In 2000, its internet penetration was only at a modest rate of...

Renforcer la Prise en Compte de l’Accessibilité Universelle dans le Cadre Bâti au Sénégal : Guide Pratique Sénégal (français)

Persons with disabilities are particularly vulnerable, as they suffer disproportionately from social and economic stigmatization and various forms of exclusion. Intensifying inequalities affect persons...

Global Smart City Partnership Program Engagement Guidance Note (anglais)

This note is developed to guide the World Bank Group (WBG) teams in their policy and investment dialogues with the clients on smart cities. It introduces the key features, building blocks and development...

Cities, Jobs, and Local Economic Development : A Guidance Note for Task Teams (anglais)

Cities offer enormous opportunities for economic growth and job creation. When local businesses succeed, they create demand for workers, inputs, materials, and additional services, increase productivity...

Housing Solutions for Low-Income Urban Communities in Rwanda (Vol. 1 of 2) : Main Report (anglais)

Affordable housing is an important policy agenda in Rwanda, where housing challenges are serious. To serve more than half of the population, Rwanda needs a radical change in its approach to housing that...

Housing Solutions for Low-Income Urban Communities in Rwanda (Vol. 2 of 2) : Annexes (anglais)

Affordable housing is an important policy agenda in Rwanda, where housing challenges are serious. To serve more than half of the population, Rwanda needs a radical change in its approach to housing that...

Concept Project Information Document (PID) - Rwanda Urban Development Project II - P165017 (anglais)

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Rwanda Urban Development Project - P150844 - Sequence No : 07 (anglais)

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Tanzania Strategic Cities Project - P111153 - Sequence No : 19 (anglais)

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Rwanda Urban Development Project - P150844 - Sequence No : 06 (anglais)

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Tanzania Strategic Cities Project - P111153 - Sequence No : 18 (anglais)

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Rwanda Urban Development Project - P150844 - Sequence No : 05 (anglais)

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Rwanda Urban Development Project - P150844 - Sequence No : 04 (anglais)

Reshaping urbanization in Rwanda : economic and spatial trends and proposals - note 2 : internal migration in Rwanda (anglais)

The objective of this report is to inform the government’s policies and strategies on urbanization as a driver of economic development, job creation, and poverty reduction. Note two examines internal migration...

Reshaping urbanization in Rwanda : economic and spatial trends and proposals - note 1 : urbanization and the evolution of Rwanda’s urban landscape (anglais)

The objective of this report is to inform the government’s policies and strategies on urbanization as a driver of economic development, job creation, and poverty reduction. Note 1 examines Rwanda’s urbanization...

Reshaping urbanization in Rwanda : economic and spatial trends and proposals - note 3 : urbanization,job creation, and poverty reduction in Rwanda (anglais)

This note analyzes whether and how the country’s rising urbanization levels (measured primarily by population density) are associated with nonfarm job creation and poverty reduction. By focusing on Rwanda’s...

Reshaping urbanization in Rwanda : economic and spatial trends and proposals - synthesis report (anglais)

Rwanda has demonstrated a remarkable performance in economic growth and poverty reduction in the past decade and a half. With urbanization as an explicit developmental strategy, the government has indeed...

Reshaping urbanization in Rwanda : economic and spatial trends and proposals - note 4 : profiling secondary cities in Rwanda - dynamics and opportunities (anglais)

Reshaping Urbanization in Rwanda: Economic and Spatial Trends and Proposals is an Advisory Services and Analytics (ASA), jointly provided by the Poverty and Equity Global Practice and the Social, Urban...

Rwanda - Rwanda Urban Development Project : P150844 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 03 (anglais)

Malawi economic monitor : harnessing the urban economy (anglais)

The Malawi Economic Monitor (MEM) provides an analysis of economic and structural development issues in Malawi. This edition of the MEM was published in May 2017. It follows on from the four previous editions...