Documents & Reports
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Stocktaking of the housing sector in Sub-Saharan Africa : challenges and opportunities (Vol. 1 of 2) : Bilan du secteur du logement en Afrique subsaharienne : défis et opportunités - summary report (French)
This main report is about Africa that is rapidly urbanizing and will lead the world’s urban growth in the coming decades. Currently, Africa is the least‐urbanized continent, accommodating 11.3 percent...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 101153 Document Date: March 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Parby,Jonas Ingemann,Lozano Gracia,Nancy,Mason,David,Lall,Somik V.,Dasgupta,Basab,Young, Cheryl
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Stocktaking of the housing sector in Sub-Saharan Africa : challenges and opportunities (Vol. 2 of 2) : Bilan du secteur du logement en Afrique subsaharienne : défis et opportunités - main report (French)
This main report is about Africa that is rapidly urbanizing and will lead the world’s urban growth in the coming decades. Currently, Africa is the least‐urbanized continent, accommodating 11.3 percent...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 101153 Document Date: March 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Parby,Jonas Ingemann,Lozano Gracia,Nancy,Mason,David,Lall,Somik V.,Dasgupta,Basab,Young, Cheryl
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Stocktaking of the housing sector in Sub-Saharan Africa : challenges and opportunities (English)
Africa is the globe’s least-urbanized continent, accommodating 11.3 percent of the world’s urban population, and the Sub-Saharan region is the continent’s least-urbanized area. Nonetheless, the region’s...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: AUS7243 Document Date: December 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Parby,Jonas Ingemann,Lozano Gracia,Nancy,Mason,David,Lall,Somik V.,Dasgupta,Basab,Young, Cheryl
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Stocktaking of the housing sector in Sub-Saharan Africa : challenges and opportunities (Vol. 1 of 2) : summary report (English)
This main report is about Africa that is rapidly urbanizing and will lead the world’s urban growth in the coming decades. Currently, Africa is the least‐urbanized continent, accommodating 11.3 percent...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 101153 Document Date: January 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Parby,Jonas Ingemann,Lozano Gracia,Nancy,Mason,David,Lall,Somik V.,Dasgupta,Basab,Young, Cheryl
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Stocktaking of the housing sector in Sub-Saharan Africa : challenges and opportunities (Vol. 2 of 2) : main report (English)
This main report is about Africa that is rapidly urbanizing and will lead the world’s urban growth in the coming decades. Currently, Africa is the least‐urbanized continent, accommodating 11.3 percent...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 101153 Document Date: January 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Parby,Jonas Ingemann,Lozano Gracia,Nancy,Mason,David,Lall,Somik V.,Dasgupta,Basab,Young, Cheryl
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Housing consumption and urbanization (English)
Rapid urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa places immense pressure on urban services to meet the needs of the burgeoning urban population. Although several country- or city-level reports offer insight into...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS7112 Document Date: November 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Lozano Gracia,Nancy,Young, Cheryl
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Leveraging land to enable urban transformation : lessons from global experience (English)
Around the world, in both developed and developing countries, policy makers use a variety of tools to manage and accommodate urban growth and redevelopment. Government officials have three main concerns...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS6312 Document Date: January 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Lall,Somik V.,Lozano Gracia,Nancy,Vishwanath,Tara,Young, Cheryl