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  1. Urban Development Overview - World Bank Group

    Urban Development As the world's largest multilateral financier of urban development, the World Bank works with national and local governments to build more livable, sustainable, and …

  2. Demographic Trends and Urbanization - World Bank Group

    May 19, 2021 · This report – Demographic Trends and Urbanization – aims to frame that conversation by tracing the relationship between urbanization and relevant demographic …

  3. Fostering Competitive, Sustainable and Inclusive Cities in the …

    Urbanization presents a great opportunity for economic growth and poverty reduction in the country. In the Philippines Urbanization Review: Fostering Competitive, Sustainable and …

  4. Myanmar’s Urbanization: Creating Opportunities for All

    Jun 6, 2019 · A new report entitled Myanmar’s Urbanization: Creating Opportunities for All identifies key challenges and provides policy recommendations for urbanization in Myanmar, …

  5. Urban China: Toward Efficient, Inclusive, and Sustainable …

    Urban China: Toward Efficient, Inclusive, and Sustainable UrbanizationThe joint report by the World Bank and the Development Research Center of China’s State Council, Urban China: …

  6. Urbanization Reviews - World Bank Group

    Jun 22, 2018 · 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 …

  7. Event | 9th Urbanization and Development Conference

    Jun 11, 2025 · The 9th Urbanization and Development Conference took place in Cape Town, South Africa on June 11-12, 2025 and focused on the theme of urban economics for Africa.

  8. Rise of the Anatolian Tigers: Turkey Urbanization Review

    These developments make planning, connecting, and financing important policy principles for Turkey’s second-generation urban development agenda. This policy brief frames a second …

  9. Systems of Cities: Harnessing Urbanization for Growth and Poverty ...

    The World Bank put forth its Urban and Local Government Strategy at a critical time. For the first time in history more than half the world’s people live in cities. Over 90 percent of urban growth …

  10. Leveraging Urbanization in Bhutan - World Bank Group

    Although they have made progress, South Asian countries have struggled to make the most of the opportunity urbanization provides them to transform their economies to join the ranks of richer …