Documents et rapports
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Unlivable - What the Urban Heat Island Effect Means for East Asia’s Cities (anglais)
Amid continuing urban growth and the accelerating effects of climate change, East Asian cities suffer from more extreme temperatures than surrounding rural areas - being up to 2 degrees Celsius hotter...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 186450 Date du document: 13 décembre 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Roberts,Mark,Deuskar,Chandan,Jones,Nicholas K.W.,Park,Jane
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Unlivable - What the Urban Heat Island Effect Means for East Asia’s Cities : Overview (anglais)
Amid continuing urban growth and the accelerating effects of climate change, East Asian cities suffer from more extreme temperatures than surrounding rural areas - being up to 2 degrees Celsius hotter...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 186450 Date du document: 13 décembre 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Roberts,Mark,Deuskar,Chandan,Jones,Nicholas K.W.,Park,Jane
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Are Ride-Hailing Services and Public Transport Complements or Substitutes ? Evidence from the Opening of Jakarta’s MRT System (anglais)
Motorbike-based ride-hailing services are widespread in many of the most congested cities in the developing world. These services often predate the construction of modern public mass rapid transit systems...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10640 Date du document: 12 décembre 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bosker,Maarten,Roberts,Mark,Tiwari,Sailesh,Wibisana,Putu Sanjiwacika,Wihardja,Maria Monica,Yanurzha,Ramda
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Where Is Poverty Concentrated ? New Evidence Based on Internationally Consistent Urban and Poverty Measurements (anglais)
The lack of comparable urban definitions across countries has presented a significant challenge in effectively addressing poverty in both urban and rural areas. This study aims to tackle this issue by...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10620 Date du document: 27 novembre 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Nakamura,Shohei,Combes,Pierre Philippe,Moellerherm,Robin,Robert,Charlotte Genevieve Julka,Roberts,Mark,Stewart,Benjamin,Yakubenko,Slava
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An Anatomy of Urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa (anglais)
This paper provides a detailed descriptive analysis of patterns of urbanization across Sub-Saharan Africa for the year circa 2015. Despite the rapidity and importance of Sub-Saharan Africa’s urbanization...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10621 Date du document: 27 novembre 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Combes,Pierre Philippe,Gorin,Clément,Nakamura,Shohei,Roberts,Mark,Stewart,Benjamin P.
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An anatomy of Urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa (anglais)
This paper provides a detailed descriptive analysis of patterns of urbanization across Sub-Saharan Africa for the year circa 2015. Despite the rapidity and importance of Sub-Saharan Africa's urbanization...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 185808 Date du document: 5 novembre 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Combes,Pierre Philippe,Clément Gorin,Nakamura,Shohei,Roberts,Mark,Benjamin Stewart
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Where is Poverty Concentrated? New Evidence based on Internationally Consistent Urban and Poverty Measurements (anglais)
The lack of comparable urban definitions across countries has presented a significantchallenge in effectively addressing poverty in both urban and rural areas. This study aims to tackle this issue by comparing...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 185809 Date du document: 1 novembre 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Nakamura,Shohei,Combes,Pierre Philippe,Moellerherm,Robin,Robert,Charlotte Genevieve Julka,Roberts,Mark,Benjamin Stewart,Slava Yakubenko
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Thriving : Making Cities Green, Resilient, and Inclusive in a Changing Climate (anglais)
Globally, 70 percent of greenhouse gas emissions emanate from cities. At the same time, cities are being hit increasingly by climate change related shocks and stresses, ranging from more frequent extreme...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 177855 Date du document: 24 mars 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Mukim,Megha,Roberts,Mark
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When the Lights Go Out : The Economic Impacts of Covid-19 on Cities Globally (anglais)
This paper uses high-frequency nighttime time lights data to estimate the impacts of the Covid-19 crisis on economic activity during the first year of the pandemic for a global sample of 2,800 cities...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10189 Date du document: 21 septembre 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Khan,Amjad Muhammad,Park,Hogeun,Roberts,Mark,Wibisana,Putu Sanjiwacika
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Estimating Urban Poverty Consistently Across Countries (anglais)
Global poverty monitored by the World Bank for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is reported only at the national level, lacking a breakdown between urban and rural areas. A key challenge to producing...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 173894 Date du document: 12 juillet 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Combes,Pierre Philippe,Nakamura,Shohei,Roberts,Mark,Stewart,Benjamin P.
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Vietnam’s Urbanization at a Crossroads : Embarking on an Efficient, Inclusive, and Resilient Pathway (Vol. 2 of 2) : Overview (vietnamien)
Since the launch of the Đổi Mới (economic renovation) reforms in 1986, Vietnam has successfully transformed its economy. Real GDP per capita growth has averaged 5.5 percent a year since 1990, with the...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 154262 Date du document: 8 mars 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Roberts,Mark,Ghesquiere,Francis,Chen,Zhiyu
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Tracking Economic Activity in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis Using Nighttime Lights — The Case of Morocco (anglais)
Over the past decade, nighttime lights have become a widely used proxy for measuring economic activity. This paper examines the potential for high frequency nighttime lights data to provide “near real-time”...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9538 Date du document: 4 février 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Roberts,Mark
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Morocco - Tracking Economic Activity in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis Using Nighttime Lights (français)
Over the last decade, nighttime lights, artificial lighting at night that is associated with human activity and can be detected by satellite sensors, have become a widely accepted proxy for monitoring...
Type de document: Note d'orientation Numéro du rapport: 161294 Date du document: 1 février 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Megevand,Carole,Roberts,Mark
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Morocco - Tracking Economic Activity in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis Using Nighttime Lights : Morocco - Tracking Economic Activity in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis using Nighttime Lights (anglais)
Over the last decade, nighttime lights, artificial lighting at night that is associated with human activity and can be detected by satellite sensors, have become a widely accepted proxy for monitoring...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 161294 Date du document: 1 février 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Roberts,Mark
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Vietnam’s Urbanization at a Crossroads : Embarking on an Efficient, Inclusive, and Resilient Pathway (Vol. 1 of 2) : Main Report (anglais)
Since the launch of the Đổi Mới (economic renovation) reforms in 1986, Vietnam has successfully transformed its economy. Real GDP per capita growth has averaged 5.5 percent a year since 1990, with the...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 154262 Date du document: 1 novembre 2020 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Chen,Zhiyu,Dang,Cuong Duc,Roberts,Mark,Chen,Mansha,Choi,Songsu,Tang,Lawrence,Cheon,Sanghyun,Duc,Phan Cong,Quertamp,Franny
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Vietnam’s Urbanization at a Crossroads : Embarking on an Efficient, Inclusive, and Resilient Pathway (Vol. 2 of 2) : Overview (anglais)
Since the launch of the Đổi Mới (economic renovation) reforms in 1986, Vietnam has successfully transformed its economy. Real GDP per capita growth has averaged 5.5 percent a year since 1990, with the...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 154262 Date du document: 1 novembre 2020 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Roberts,Mark,Ghesquiere,Francis,Chen,Zhiyu
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Vietnam’s Urbanization at a Crossroads : Embarking on an Efficient, Inclusive, and Resilient Pathway (Vol. 1 of 2) : Main Report (vietnamien)
Since the launch of the Đổi Mới (economic renovation) reforms in 1986, Vietnam has successfully transformed its economy. Real GDP per capita growth has averaged 5.5 percent a year since 1990, with the...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 154262 Date du document: 1 novembre 2020 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Chen,Zhiyu,Dang,Cuong Duc,Roberts,Mark,Chen,Mansha,Choi,Songsu,Tang,Lawrence,Cheon,Sanghyun,Duc,Phan Cuong,Quertamp,Fanny
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Female Business Leaders, Business and Cultural Environment, and Productivity around the World (anglais)
Studies of female business leaders and economic performance are rarely conducted with worldwide observational data, and with considerations on the underlying cultural, institutional, and business environment...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9275 Date du document: 11 juin 2020 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Fang,Sheng,Goh,Chorching,Roberts,Mark,Xu,Lixin,Zeufack,Albert G.
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Cities of Workers, Children, or Seniors? Age Structure and Economic Growth in a Global Cross-Section of Cities (anglais)
A large literature documents the positive influence of a city's skill structure on its rate of economic growth. By contrast, the effect of a city's age structure on its economic growth has been a hitherto...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9040 Date du document: 15 octobre 2019 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Jedwab,Remi Camille,Pereira,Daniel,Roberts,Mark
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Definition Matters : Metropolitan Areas and Agglomeration Economies in a Large Developing Country (anglais)
A variety of approaches to delineate metropolitan areas have been developed. Systematic comparisons of these approaches in terms of the urban landscape that they generate are however few. Our paper aims...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 142163 Date du document: 1 septembre 2019 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bosker,Maarten,Park,Jane,Roberts,Mark