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Investing in rail can help put African cities on a more sustainable track
With the right policies and resources, railways have the potential to become the anchor for sustainable urban development across many parts of Africa. Several major cities in the region are…
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Routes to Resilience: The Power of Transport and Jobs in Morocco and Yemen
Across the region, World Bank transport projects show that infrastructure is not just about building roads, it’s about building opportunity. The work in Morocco and Yemen illustrates how targeted…
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The Nature-Based Solutions Opportunity Scan
Nature-based solutions (NBS) offer cost-effective alternatives to gray infrastructure, while building climate resilience and bringing important socioeconomic benefits to communities and the…
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Global Facility to Decarbonize Transport Annual Report (2025)
Development depends on transport that works. Transport systems connect people to opportunity, support businesses and trade, and enable economies to grow. When transport is reliable, efficient, and…
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Electric Vehicle and Labor Market Transformation
Motorcycle-taxis are among the fastest-growing forms of informal transport in developing economies, providing essential mobility and absorbing millions of workers into flexible but precarious…
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Guide for Road Safety Assessments for Urban Railway Crossings and Stations
This guide explains that safety is not just about the trains themselves, but also about how people get to and from stations . Problems often come from poor sidewalks, missing sign age, bad lighting,…
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Mobility and Development Periodical, Winter 2025
This periodical brings together fourteen insightful articles that showcase the transformative role of transport in driving development, connectivity, and innovation across diverse contexts. The…
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Transit-Oriented Development Implementation Resources and Tools : Second Edition
This toolkit provides a compendium of resources for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) stakeholders to navigate each phase of the TOD process: Assessing, Enabling, Planning and Design, Financing, and…
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From Risk to Resilience: Helping People and Firms Adapt in South Asia
What can governments in South Asia with limited fiscal resources do to boost the resilience of theireconomies and societies?
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Tackling corruption: A collective global responsibility
Addressing corruption is critical for fostering a fair and transparent economic environment, which in turn creates jobs, attracts investment, and promotes sustainable development. Anticorruption…
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World Bank’s Governance & Institutions Umbrella Program
The Governance & Institutions Umbrella Program focuses on supporting client countries in improving public sector performance and strengthening institutional reform, leveraging the power of…
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Beyond privatization: A fresh approach and new tools for state-owned enterprise reform
Multiple instruments can be deployed to improve market performance and outcomes in sectors with SOE presence, and privatization is only one of them. To support governments in navigating the…
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Businesses Of The State (BOS) and Private Sector Development Toolkit
In light of the importance of state as a market player in the global economy, this toolkit provides guidance on how to conduct a systematic diagnostic of the state footprint with the objective to…
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Victims of Corruption: Back for Payback
Corruption harms communities and impacts the global economy, and discourages business opportunities, hinders foreign aid and investment, and exacerbates inequality. This publication aims at…
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Impacts of climate change – foreseeable or unforeseeable? Drafting force majeure clauses in the era of climate uncertainty
The article outlines the potential role of the force majeure clause in the context of climate change, and summarizes key considerations and effective drafting techniques. It recommends instead…
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Unlocking Local Finance For Sustainable Infrastructure
This study is part of a broader program supported by the Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) to address the challenges in mobilizing LFC commercial lending into infrastructure and…
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Nature-Based Solutions for Ports: An Overview of NBS Implementation in Practice - Opportunities and Challenges
This report provides an overview of the potential role that nature-based solutions (NBS) can play in ports. It aims to illustrate how NBS can be effectively integrated into port planning, design, and…
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Banking on Cities: Investing in Resilient and Low-Carbon Urbanization
Banking on Cities advances the discussion on urban climate finance by exploring how cities can identify sources of funding and finance that are suited to different types of resilient and low-carbon…
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Green Technologies: Decarbonizing Development in East Asia and Pacific
The book proposes a framework to guide policy on green technology development and diffusion. It will be of interest to policy makers, businesses, and researchers working at the intersection of…
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Fiscal Vulnerabilities in Low-Income Countries: Evolution, Drivers, and Policies
This study constitutes the first systematic assessment of the causes of chronic fiscal weakness in the very poorest economies—those with annual per capita incomes of less than $1,145 a year. These…
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Jobs in a Changing Climate: Insights from World Bank Group Country Climate and Development Reports Covering 93 Economies
The World Bank Group’s Country Climate and Development Reports (CCDRs) provide a crosscutting look at how countries’ development prospects, and the job opportunities they offer to their people, can…
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Reboot Development: The Economics of a Livable Planet
The report shows that more efficient resource use—like better nitrogen management and forest restoration—yields benefits that far exceed the costs. It also urges a shift to cleaner sectors and…
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Digital Public Infrastructure and Development: A World Bank Group Approach
DPI is an approach to digitalization focused on creating “foundational, digital building blocks designed for the public benefit.” By providing essential digital functions at society scale that can be…
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Digital Government Readiness Assessment Toolkit: Guidelines for Task Teams
The Digital Government Readiness Assessment (DGRA) Toolkit is a knowledge product developed as a global public good to help client countries leaders in digital agenda and Information and…
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Local Governments Climate Finance Instruments - Global Experiences and Prospects in Developing Countries
This joint publication of the World Bank and the UN Capital Development Fund aims to help cities and local governments better understand the various climate finance instruments and sources available…