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Tashkent Green Mobility Project

Key Development Issues: Tashkent faces growing urban mobility challenges despite having an extensive metro and bus network. Public transport accounts for only 2% of trips, resulting ...

Sevan Sanitation and Environmental Reform Program

Key Development Issues Protecting Lake Sevan, Armenia’s largest freshwater body, and improving its water quality and quantity are central to the government’s national program. Ongoing reforms ...

Climate-Resilient Water and Sanitation Services Project

Key Development Issues Uzbekistan is highly vulnerable to climate-related impacts like temperature changes, precipitation shifts, and extreme weather events such as heatwaves, droughts, and floods. These ...

Empowering Mobility through Electric Urban Solutions (EMERGE)

Key Development Issues Most city residents in Yerevan, Armenia’s capital, rely on public transportation. However, private car usage has increased in recent years, and the underinvestment ...

Kathmandu Ecological Urban Renewal Project Preparation

Key Development Issues: Kathmandu Valley struggles with ecological and cultural preservation challenges amid unregulated urban growth. Encroachment harms parks and heritage sites, informal settlements along flood-prone ...

Integrated Development of Five Residential Areas in Bishkek

Key City Development Issues Based on the recent survey of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), there are 47 informal settlements in Bishkek hosting ...

Khulna Water Supply Expansion Project

Key City Development Issues Khulna is the third largest city in Bangladesh, and its location along the coastal belt makes it among the most vulnerable to ...

Electric Bus Fleet as Public Service Project in Siem Reap

Key City Development Issues Siem Reap is a major city in Cambodia with a population of more than 245,500. Home to the World Heritage Site of ...

Bangladesh Smart Cities Development Project

Key City Development Issues Bangladesh is facing tremendous infrastructure deficits and low service quality in core urban services. The country is also highly vulnerable to natural ...

Bhutan Green and Resilient Affordable Housing Advisory Project

Key City Development Issues Most towns in Bhutan are faced with rapid in-migration of population and urbanization resulting in housing shortages and inadequacy of basic infrastructure ...

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