The World Bank has an extensive portfolio of programs that provide performance-based grants (PBGs) to local and other subnational governments as an incentive to improve institutional performance and service...
India is rapidly urbanizing, with about 600 million people expected to be living in cities by 2036. This will put additional pressure on the already stretched urban infrastructure and services in these...
The Property Tax Diagnostic Manual (hereafter "Manual") provides guidance on how to analyzeand assess immovable property tax systems, diagnose the strengths and weaknesses of such systems, and develop...
This report is based on a suite of eight research exercises undertaken over the period 2015-2017, all of which, together with accompanying datasets, are available on-line: a regional desk-study which examines...
The Malawi Urbanization Review aims to provide fresh perspectives on urbanization in Malawi, by analyzing the current and potential contribution of urbanization to long-term national development and the...
The city of eThekwini or Durban has undergone a period of rapid urbanization that has contributed to the degradation of the city’s natural environment. Climate change is placing further strains on the...
The city of Kampala has undergone a period of rapid urbanization that has contributed to the degradation of the city’s natural environment. The urban environmental profile for Kampala has been prepared...
This is the third edition of the Uganda Economic Update series. The first part of this update provides a general overview on the state of Uganda's economy. Then the second part offers an examination of...
Urbanization is the single most important transformation that the African continent will undergo this century. More than half of Africa's population will live in its cities by 2040. In the face of rapid...