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Combating Heat in Cities: Operationalizing the Urban Heat Agenda at the World Bank

This report stems from growing concern about the threat of extreme heat in urban settings and its adverse impacts on

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Nature-based Solutions to Build Climate Resilience in Informal Areas

This strategy paper draws from existing research and practical project experience applying nature-based solutions (NBS) for adaptation and building climate

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Guidance Note. Community Participation in Slum Upgrading

This Note promotes participatory slum upgrading by guiding World Bank teams in supporting government-led initiatives to effectively integrate community participation

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Addressing Gender Gaps in Housing Interventions

With more than half of the world’s population living in cities, ongoing urbanization presents both significant opportunities and complex challenges

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Public-Private Partnerships for Investment and Delivery of Affordable Housing in Emerging Market Economies

The role of the public sector in housing delivery in many developed economies evolved from government as builder in the

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Learning from Vietnam’s urban upgrading projects

When economic and political reforms were introduced in Vietnam to transition from a centralized economy to a socialist-oriented market economy

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Global Responses to COVID-19 in Slums

There are many reasons why slums are at high rick: High population densities contribute to rapid and broader spread of

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COVID-19 and Slums

Slum inhabitants are the most vulnerable groups in the short and long-term: The risk exposure to the virus is likely

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Why can resilient housing change the world?

Why can resilient housing change the world? This brochure provides worldwide data about the necessity of resilient housing.

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Urban Land and Housing Market Assessment: A Toolkit

The Urban Land and Housing Market Assessment Toolkit aims to assist practitioners in undertaking a standard upstream diagnosis to inform

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Her Home - Housing Finance for Women

IFC conducted a market study of housing finance for women in three countries where cultural, institutional, and policy barriers to

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Melaka: Pathway to Urban Sustainability

Melaka State in Malaysia has strong sustainability aspirations and is an important member of the Global Platform for Sustainable Cities

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Measuring, Reporting, Verification (MRV) of Urban Low Emission Development; ICLEI’s Green Climate Cities Handbook for Local Governments

Paris Agreement led onto the beginning of a new era where climate action is accelerated, coordinated and properly financed. It

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