Documentos e informes

Overcoming Economic Challenges, Natural Disasters, and the Pandemic : Social and Economic Impacts (Inglés)

This third edition of the Zimbabwe Economic Update (ZEU) aims to provide both a current and historical background covering the pre-pandemic (2019) and pandemic (2020 to April 2021) period. The 2019-2020...

Botswana - Emergency Water Security and Efficiency Project : P160911 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 01 (Inglés)

Do pro-poor policies increase water coverage? : an analysis of service delivery in Kampala's informal settlements (Inglés)

Uganda is one of the poorest countries in Africa with a gross national income (GNI) per capita in 2010 of United States (U.S.) $500 compared with the Sub-Saharan regional average of $1,170. Uganda's population...

Harnessing urbanization to end poverty and boost prosperity in Africa : an action agenda for transformation (Inglés)

Urbanization is the single most important transformation that the African continent will undergo this century. More than half of Africa's population will live in its cities by 2040. In the face of rapid...

Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet (Appraisal Stage) - Water Management and Development Project - P123204 (Inglés)

Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet (Concept Stage) - Water Management and Development Project - P123204 (Inglés)

Project Information Document (Concept Stage) - Water Management and Development Project - P123204 (Inglés)

Tanzania - Dar es Salaam Water Supply and Sanitation Project : P059073 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 19 (Inglés)

A strategic approach to climate change in the Philippines (Inglés)

The internal objective of this strategy note is to outline directions for the World Bank's engagement in climate change (CC) in the Philippines, integrated with the new Country Assistance Strategy (CAS)...

Engaging local private operators in water supply and sanitation services (Inglés)

Programs to reform urban utilities and to engage the private sector have tended to focus on large cities and on transactions with large foreign private operators. This is changing, as smaller towns and...

Town water supply and sanitation : challenges, solutions, and guidelines (Inglés)

In Africa, Asia, and Latin America, the number of towns and their populations are expected to double within 15 years, and again within 30. Already, one-third of Africans and Asians live in towns of 2,000...

Improving the performance of China's urban water utilities (Inglés)

In the 1990s, China's water supply infrastructure was in a very poor state. Municipal wastewater treatment was almost nonexistent. Public utilities were inefficient. Prices for water were unsustainably...

Principles of town water supply and sanitation - Part 1 : water supply (Inglés)

This report is a first attempt to set out a strategy for town water supply and sanitation. The primary objective is to identify, and find solutions for, the neglected towns those that fall between rural...

Engaging local private operators in water supply and sanitation services (Inglés)

Between 1994 and 2004, the World Bank approved funding for water supply and sanitation (WSS) projects that supported local private sector participation (PSP) in the development or operations (or both)...

Reaching unserved communities in Africa with basic services : can small-scale private service providers save the day (Inglés)

With urban and especially periurban populations set to grow at unprecedented rates in Africa, and service coverage continuing to lag, governments and donors have begun to recognize that small-scale providers...

Small-scale private service providers of water supply and electricity : a review of incidence, structure, pricing, and operating characteristics (Inglés)

This paper summarizes the key findings and conclusions of a literature review of small-scale private service providers (SPSPs) of water supply and electricity conducted over a six-month period in 2003...

Water for the urban poor: water markets, household demand, and service preferences in Kenya (Inglés)

Access to safe water supply has been one of the top priorities in developing countries over the past three to four decades, and billions of dollars have been invested in pursuit of the goal of universal...

Community mobilization in sanitation projects : a case study of Maina village (Inglés)

Maina village, an informal settlement inside the municipal boundaries of Nyahururu town in central Kenya, was established in 1965 for ex-servicemen of the King's African Rifles. The original 20-year leases...