The World Bank Group supports cities and mobilizes subnational finance to create jobs by buildingurbaninfrastructure and strengthening municipal services.
Extremeurbanheat is becoming an urgent challenge for Bangkok, threatening lives, livelihoods, and thecity’s economic resilience. TheUrbanHeat Island (UHI) effect exacerbates this crisis, turning built-up areas into heat traps that contribute to heat-related mortality, lost productivity, higher energy consumption, and other negative outcomes.
Sep 16, 2024 ·Nature-based solutions likeurbanfarming, terraces, and green corridors can help cities with climate challenges includingurbanheat, flooding, and air pollution. But how can governments and communities determine which nature-based solutions best meet their needs? In Kinshasa, indigenous knowledge, innovative tools, and proactive local government are helping to answer the question.
Dec 12, 2025 ·WASHINGTON, December 11, 2025 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved $400 million in financing for a new project that will provide safely managed water, sanitation and basic hygiene services, and help improve the institutional and financial performance of localurbanadministration in Punjab province.
Mar 27, 2025 ·The Djibouti Integrated Slum Upgrading Project, launched in 2018, aims to improve living conditions in deprivedurbanareas in DjiboutiCityand to strengthen the capacity of public institutions responsible for implementing the Zero Slum Program.
Jun 3, 2025 ·This report highlights the substantial investments required to build more resilient and low-carbon cities in low- and middle-income countries. These investments are crucial to strengthen essential infrastructure, unlock new jobs, and ensure more sustainableurbandevelopment. Resilient and low ...
