Urban Development

Protecting women and girls in post-disaster Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

How the World Bank is working to protect women and girls in post-disaster Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Jian Vun, Tony Hartanto Widjarnarso, Kumala Sari|
Gender, Urban Development

The IPCC report hits home: How our work in sustainable development is helping countries tackle the climate crisis

Juergen Voegele reflects on the latest IPCC report and how addressing the climate crisis connects across the sustainable development agenda.

Juergen Voegele|
Agriculture and Food, Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Energy, Environment, Urban Development

Private investment in road safety can save lives

The international community has committed to halving road deaths and a focus is on financing road safety. A new report includes business models and indicators to incentivize borrowers; World Bank…

Daniel Pulido, Verónica Raffo|
Infrastructure & Public-Private Partnerships, Transport, Urban Development

Three years on: Four lessons learned from post-disaster recovery in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

The World Bank blog presents four key lessons that apply not only to recovery in Central Sulawesi but to post-disaster recovery elsewhere.

Muhammad Halik Rizki, Jian Vun, Andre Bald|
Disaster Risk Management, Social Sustainability and Inclusion, Urban Development

Big changes are needed for more sustainable, inclusive transport

Amid the electric vehicle revolution, more effort is needed to break our car addiction, with developing nations placed to lead the way.

Aniruddha Dasgupta, Riccardo Puliti|
Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Infrastructure & Public-Private Partnerships, Jobs & Development, Transport, Urban Development
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