The New Urban Strategy realigns the World Bank’s urban business with five business lines considered critical for cities and local governments in the decade ahead: Focusing on the core elements of the city system: • city management, finance, and governance. Making pro-poor policies a city priority: reducing • urban poverty and upgrading slums. Supporting city economies: cities and economic • growth. Encouraging progressive urban land and • housing markets: urban land, housing and planning. Promoting a safe and sustainable urban • environment: urban environment, climate change, and disaster management.
Resource collections
- UN Habitat - Urban Response Collection
- Urban Response - Urban Crisis Preparedness and Risk Reduction
- Urban Response Collection - Community Engagement and Social Cohesion
- Urban Response Collection - Economic Recovery
- Urban Response Collection - Environment and Climate Change
- Urban Response Collection - Housing, Land and Property
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Crisis Response, Recovery and Reconstruction
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Resilience