Documents et rapports

Performance-Based Fiscal Transfers for Urban Local Governments : Results and Lessons from Two Decades of World Bank Financing (anglais)

The World Bank has an extensive portfolio of programs that provide performance-based grants (PBGs) to local and other subnational governments as an incentive to improve institutional performance and service...

Financing India’s urban infrastructure needs: Constraints to commercial financing and prospects for policy action (anglais)

India is rapidly urbanizing, with about 600 million people expected to be living in cities by 2036. This will put additional pressure on the already stretched urban infrastructure and services in these...

Property Tax Diagnostic Manual (anglais)

The Property Tax Diagnostic Manual (hereafter "Manual") provides guidance on how to analyzeand assess immovable property tax systems, diagnose the strengths and weaknesses of such systems, and develop...

Greening Africa’s Cities : enhancing the relationship between urbanization, environmental assets and ecosystem services (anglais)

This report is based on a suite of eight research exercises undertaken over the period 2015-2017, all of which, together with accompanying datasets, are available on-line: a regional desk-study which examines...

Malawi urbanization review : leveraging urbanization for national growth and development (anglais)

The Malawi Urbanization Review aims to provide fresh perspectives on urbanization in Malawi, by analyzing the current and potential contribution of urbanization to long-term national development and the...

Promoting green urban development in African cities : eThekwini, South Africa - urban environmental profile (anglais)

The city of eThekwini or Durban has undergone a period of rapid urbanization that has contributed to the degradation of the city’s natural environment. Climate change is placing further strains on the...

Promoting green urban development in African cities : Kampala, Uganda - urban environmental profile (anglais)

The city of Kampala has undergone a period of rapid urbanization that has contributed to the degradation of the city’s natural environment. The urban environmental profile for Kampala has been prepared...

Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet (Concept Stage) - Somalia Urban Development Project - P149306 (anglais)

Project Information Document (Concept Stage) - Somalia Urban Development Project - P149306 (anglais)

Are you being served? : do more districts mean better service in Uganda? (anglais)

This is the third edition of the Uganda Economic Update series. The first part of this update provides a general overview on the state of Uganda's economy. Then the second part offers an examination of...

Harnessing urbanization to end poverty and boost prosperity in Africa : an action agenda for transformation (anglais)

Urbanization is the single most important transformation that the African continent will undergo this century. More than half of Africa's population will live in its cities by 2040. In the face of rapid...