As urban populations grow, the ability of cities to generate jobs and drive development is increasingly critical. When urban centers expand, they foster innovation, entrepreneurship, and employment, helping entire regions and countries to become more prosperous and productive.
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 sustainable urban development. Resilient and low ...
Extreme urban heat is becoming an urgent challenge for Bangkok, threatening lives, livelihoods, and the city’s economic resilience. The Urban Heat 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.
Shaping a Cooler Bangkok: Tackling Urban Heat for a More Livable City
With World Bank support, over 1.15 million jobs were created as a result of the Ethiopia Urban Institutional and Infrastructure Development Program (UIIDP). Infrastructure investments in 117 cities helped improve living conditions for more than 6.6 million people, fueling employment and economic growth. Strengthened local governance and financial systems enabled cities to plan, deliver, and ...
How an Urban Program in Ethiopia Delivered More than a Million Jobs
The World Urban Forum is the premier global conference on urbanization. It brings together participants from around the globe to discuss the major urban challenges facing the world today. The thirteenth session of the World Urban Forum (WUF13) will be held from May 17–22, 2026 in Baku, Azerbaijan, co-organized by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and the Government ...