Documents & Reports
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Private sector initiatives in slum upgrading (English)
This paper is intended to explore the challenges and opportunities for scaling up private participation in urban upgrading activities and the models through which this can happen. Upgrading is broadly...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 48928 Document Date: May 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Baker, Judy L., McClain, Kim
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Preparing surveys for urban upgrading interventions : prototype survey instrument and user guide (English)
Slum upgrading projects are designed to provide a package of basic services aimed at improving the living conditions of residents in low-income communities. These typically involve a range of infrastructure...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 44467 Document Date: March 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Goicoechea,Ana
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Urban poverty in Ethiopia : a multi-faceted and spatial perspective (English)
The study provides an overview of the multi-faceted and spatial dimensions of urban poverty in Ethiopia drawing on the 1999 household survey data. First, the study observes urban poverty through a spatial...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 43027 Document Date: January 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Muzzini,Elisa
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Urban poverty : a global view (English)
This paper provides an overview on what has been learned about urban poverty over the past decade with a focus on what is new and what the implications are for the World Bank going forward in an increasingly...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 43028 Document Date: January 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Baker,Judy L.
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Lessons and experiences from mainstreaming HIV/AIDS into urban/water (AFTU1 and 2) projects (English)
The rationale for mainstreaming HIV/AIDS into projects is twofold: 1) From a national and global perspective, it increases the reach of targeted HIV/AIDS interventions to all sectors, and to more people...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 33806 Document Date: September 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Schuler,Jamie Nina,Casalis,Alicia B.,Debomy,Sylvie Claudine,Johnnides, Cristianna,Kuper, Kate