China recently surpassed the U.S. as the world's largest municipal solid waste (MSW) generator. In 2004 the urban areas of China generated about 190,000,000 tons of MSW and by 2030 this amount is projected...
China recently surpassed the U.S. as the world's largest municipal solid waste (MSW) generator. In 2004 the urban areas of China generated about 190,000,000 tons of MSW and by 2030 this amount is projected...
Cities are the engines of East Asian development. They currently contribute at least 70 percent of the region's economic growth. In addition, East Asia's urban population is growing at an unparalleled...
The objective of this review is to identify priority themes and principles underlying "best practice" urbanization policy in East Asia to serve as a reference point in formulating urbanization policy frameworks...
This review presents rural infrastructure indicators (telecom; electricity and heat; water, wastewater, solid waste, and drainage; and roads) for Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR), and Mongolia...
This social policy review paper, which uses both Bank and other sources, has two purposes. First, to better understand recent developments in the area of social policy, it presents an overview of the major...