The World Bank Group supports cities and mobilizes subnational finance to create jobs bybuilding urbaninfrastructure and strengthening municipal services.
Extremeurbanheat is becoming an urgent challenge for Bangkok, threatening lives, livelihoods, and the city’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.
Discover how the EthiopiaUrbanInstitutional and Infrastructure Development Program created 1.15 million jobs with World Bank support.
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.
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.
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Mar 24, 2025 ·A new World Bank-financed investment will enhance mobility and accessibility in Tanzania’s capital, Dodoma, unlocking economic opportunities and creating over 10,000 new jobs by 2030, while boosting the city’s economic output by 2%.
