However, rapid urbanization is also bringing significant challenges. Cities must meet the growing demand for jobs, efficient infrastructure, and affordable housing, especially for those in informal settlements. This pressure is intensified by rising rates of global conflict, with over half of forcibly displaced people now living in urban areas. Subnational finance is crucial for enabling ...
Demographic Trends and Urbanization Global demographic trends are at a turning point. As population growth rates continue to decline in every region of the world, and in the face of an unprecedented aging of global population, one question is top of mind for everyone – what do these trends mean for the world’s cities? This report – Demographic Trends and Urbanization – aims to frame ...
A new report entitled Myanmar’s Urbanization: Creating Opportunities for All identifies key challenges and provides policy recommendations for urbanization in Myanmar, with a special focus on Yangon and Mandalay.
Urbanization presents a great opportunity for economic growth and poverty reduction in the country. In the Philippines Urbanization Review: Fostering Competitive, Sustainable and Inclusive Cities, the World Bank and the Government of the Philippines analyze three challenges that need to be addressed if the country is to reap the benefits of ...
The World Bank's Urbanization Reviews offer a framework for city leaders to make tough decisions by providing diagnostic tools to identify policy distortions and analyze investment priorities.
Urban China: Toward Efficient, Inclusive, and Sustainable Urbanization The joint report by the World Bank and the Development Research Center of China’s State Council, Urban China: Toward Efficient, Inclusive and Sustainable Urbanization, includes six priority areas for a new model of urbanization: 1. Reforming land management and institutions Because most of the urban expansion in recent ...