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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 ...

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 ...

Faecal Sludge Management in Tacloban City

Key Development Issues Tacloban City is the commercial and financial center of the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. In 2013, the city was hit by ...

Vientiane – Nong Khai Cross-border Cable Car

Key City Development Issues Northeastern Thailand and Lao PDR have become fast-growing tourist destinations in Southeast Asia. However, these areas are challenged by transport connectivity particularly ...

Local Devolution and Disaster Risk Reduction Management Program

Key City Development Issues The Philippines is vulnerable to a range of disasters, including typhoons, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. About 74% of the population is vulnerable ...

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