Documents et rapports

How Do Migrants Fare in Africa’s Urban Labor Markets ? (anglais)

Africa’s urban population is on the rise, and it is often feared that migrants are a direct source of urban underdevelopment under the premise that they are poorly integrated into urban labor markets...

The Welfare and Productivity Effects of Transit Improvements in Amman (anglais)

This paper studies the long-run welfare and productivity effects of transit improvements in the Greater Amman Municipality. The paper builds a rich quantitative spatial model that includes many aspects...

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...

Agglomeration Economies and Transport Connectivity Revisited : A Regional Perspective Based on Evidence from the Caucasus and Central Asian Countries (anglais)

Transport connectivity is an important determinant of agglomeration economies and urbanization. However, measuring its impacts is a complex task when causality is considered. An important empirical challenge...

Is Climate Change Slowing the Urban Escalator out of Poverty ? Evidence from Chile, Colombia, and Indonesia (anglais)

While urbanization has great potential to facilitate poverty reduction, climate shocks represent a looming threat to such upward mobility. This paper empirically analyzes the effects of climatic risks...

Putting a Price on Safety — A Hedonic Price Approach to Flood Risk in African Cities (anglais)

This paper uses a hedonic property price function to estimate the relationship between flood risk and rents in four Sub-Saharan Africa cities: Accra, Antananarivo, Dar es Salaam, and Addis Ababa. The analysis...

Consumption Cities versus Production Cities : New Considerations and Evidence (anglais)

Cities dramatically vary in their sectoral composition across the world, possibly lending credence to the theory that some cities are production cities with high employment shares of urban tradables while...

The Time is Now : How Can Uzbekistan Leverage Urbanization as a Driver of Sustainable Development? (anglais)

Urbanization and growth of cities are the defining development trends in Uzbekistan, and the country has a unique opportunity to use them as drivers of development. To make the most of the urbanization...

Applying the Degree of Urbanisation : Appliquer le Degré d’Urbanisation - Manuel Méthodologique Destiné à Définir les Agglomérations, les Villes et les Zones Rurales à des fins de Comparaisons Internationales (français)

This manual develops a harmonised methodology to facilitate international statistical comparisons and to classify the entire territory of a country along an urban-rural continuum. The degree of urbanisation...

Cote d'Ivoire - Infrastructure for Urban Development and Competitiveness of Secondary Economic Agglomerations in Ivory Coast Project : resettlement plan (Vol. 3 of 3) : Plan d'action de reinstallation des personnes affectees par le projet d'amenagement et de bitume de la rue des grumiers du port de San Pedro (français)

Haiti - Municipal Development and Urban Resilience Project : resettlement plan : Cadre de politique de reinstallation (français)

Congo, Democratic Republic of - Urban Development Project : additional financing - environmental assessment (Vol. 1 of 3) : Etude d’impact environnemental et social pour Ville de Goma - Travaux de réhabilitation de la route CCLK (entre avenue du Lac et route Saké) (français)

Congo, Democratic Republic of - Urban Development Project : additional financing - environmental assessment (Vol. 2 of 3) : Etude d’impact environnemental et social pour Ville de Kisangani - Travaux de réhabilitation du Boulevard du 30 juin (entre Sokimo et le croisement avec la RN4 sur le Pont Tshopo) sur 2,9 km (français)

Congo, Democratic Republic of - Urban Development Project : additional financing - environmental assessment (Vol. 3 of 3) : Etude d’impact environnemental et social pour Ville de Kolwezi - Travaux de réhabilitation de l’avenue Gazumbu (entre avenue Lusanga et Rond-Point des Lions) et le Boulevard Laurent Désiré Kabila (français)

Cote d'Ivoire - Infrastructure for Urban Development and Competitiveness of Secondary Economic Agglomerations in Ivory Coast Project : resettlement plan (Vol. 2 of 3) : Plan d’action de reinstallation des personnes affectees par les travaux de la traversee de la ville de Bouake (français)

Congo, Democratic Republic of - Urban Development Project : additional financing - environmental assessment : Cadre de gestion environnementale et sociale (français)

Urban development in Phnom Penh (khmer)

Urbanization presents an enormous opportunity for Cambodia. As has been demonstrated in countries around the world, urbanization is a driving force for growth and poverty reduction. Given Cambodia’s relatively...

Guatemala - Urban Infrastructure and Violence Prevention Project (espagnol)

The objective of the Urban Infrastructure and Violence Prevention Project is to increase access to basic urban infrastructure and services and mitigate key risk factors of crime and violence in selected...

Congo, Democratic Republic of - Urban Development Project : Resettlement Plan (Vol. 2 of 8) : Plan succinct de reinstallation pour ville de Kikwit travaux de réhabilitation de l’avenue Wazabanga (français)

Congo, Democratic Republic of - Urban Development Project : Resettlement Plan (Vol. 1 of 8) : Plan sucinct de reinstallation pour ville de Bukavu travaux de rehabilitation des avenues Mimoza et Fitzi (français)