Documents & Reports
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Intermediate cities in Bolivia : a priority agenda (Spanish)
Bolivia faces a unique opportunity to harness the benefits of urbanization and avoid the pitfalls that other countries have made in the past. The urbanization process in Bolivia is one of the last to occur...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 117252 Document Date: July 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Trohanis,Zoe Elena,Aguilera,Ana Silvia,Tejada,Roberto
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Intermediate cities in Bolivia : a priority agenda (English)
Bolivia faces a unique opportunity to harness the benefits of urbanization and avoid the pitfalls that other countries have made in the past. The urbanization process in Bolivia is one of the last to occur...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 117252 Document Date: June 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Trohanis,Zoe Elena,Aguilera,Ana Silvia,Tejada,Roberto
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Urbanization trends in Bolivia : opportunities and challenges : Tendencias urbanas en Bolivia : oportunidades y desafíos (Spanish)
This note is a summary of a report that considers urban areas as the complement to rural areas that will allow the Plurinational State of Bolivia to achieve the goals set forth in its Patriotic Agenda...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 97834 Document Date: May 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Trohanis,Zoe Elena,Zaengerling,Bontje Marie,Sanchez-Reaza,Javier
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Urbanization trends in Bolivia : opportunities and challenges (English)
This note is a summary of a report that considers urban areas as the complement to rural areas that will allow the Plurinational State of Bolivia to achieve the goals set forth in its Patriotic Agenda...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 97834 Document Date: May 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Trohanis,Zoe Elena,Zaengerling,Bontje Marie,Sanchez-Reaza,Javier
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Development challenges in a postcrisis world (English)
The twenty-second Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) took place in Stockholm, Sweden, from May 31 to June 2, 2010. The main theme of the conference was 'Development Challenges in a...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 47048 Document Date: October 15, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Harrison,Lori Ann,Lin, Justin Yifu,Sepulveda,Claudia Paz
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Tokyo's emissions trading system : a review of its operation since 2010 : Tokyo (English)
This note reviews the operations and experience of Tokyo's emissions trading system since its launch in 2010 and follows on from an earlier issue of directions in urban development that described the design...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 81058 Document Date: June 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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City brand (English)
As globalization intensifies, urban development has come to include an image dimension. The common rationale is that a well-known place name often creates opportunities for international attention, events...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 81059 Document Date: December 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Yuen,Kwai Peng Belinda
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The Rio de Janeiro low carbon city development program : a business model for green and climate-friendly growth in cities (English)
The Rio de Janeiro Low Carbon City Development Program is an ISO-certified framework and set of comprehensive requirements to help the city to plan, implement, monitor, and account for low carbon investments...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 74647 Document Date: November 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Tokyo's emissions trading system : a case study (English)
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) has developed the world's first cap and trade program at the city level targeting energy-related CO2. Called the Emissions Trading System (ETS), the program took...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 59440 Document Date: June 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Lee, Marcus,Colopinto,Kimberly Ann
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The global city indicators program : a more credible voice for cities (English)
The Global City Indicators Program (GCIP) is a decentralized, city-led initiative that enables cities to measure, report, and improve their performance and quality of life, facilitate capacity building...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 49166 Document Date: June 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bhada Tata,Perinaz,Hoornweg,Daniel A.
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Infrastructure and heritage conservation : opportunities for urban revitilization and economic development (English)
Cultural endowments such as traditional architecture, unique streetscapes, and historic sites are increasingly recognized as important economic resources in both developed and developing countries. Cities...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 48019 Document Date: February 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ebbe,Katrinka
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Impacts of financial, food, and fuel crisis on the urban poor (English)
The urban poor are particularly vulnerable in times of crisis due to their heavy reliance on the cash economy, job losses and wage reductions in urban based industries, and no agricultural production to...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 47525 Document Date: December 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Baker,Judy L.
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City-regions : emerging lessons from England (English)
The emergence of city-regions in England offers some useful lessons for the World Bank partners in developing countries. The city-region approach, as applied in England touches upon issues of decentralization...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 46441 Document Date: October 6, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Larkin, Kieran, Marshall, Adam