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Urban Development Overview

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With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries. The World Bank Group works in every major area of development.  We provide a wide array of financial products and technical assistance, and we help countries share and apply innovative knowledge and solutions to the challenges they face. We face big challenges to help the world’s poorest people and ensure that everyone sees benefits from economic growth. Data and research help us understand these challenges and set priorities, share knowledge of what works, and measure progress. Globally, over 50% of the population lives in urban areas today. By 2045, the world's urban population will increase by 1.5 times to 6 billion. City leaders must move quickly to plan for growth and provide the basic services, infrastructure

Urban Development | World Bank Group Home https://www.worldbank.org/ext/en/home Development Topics https://www.worldbank.org/ext/en/development-topics Urban Development https://www.worldbank.org/ext/en/topic/urban-development Urban Development lp-heading-top-xxlarge lp-heading-bottom-xlarge Dakar, Senegal STORY Strengthening Senegal's Future https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/immersive-story/2026/06/03/senegals-journey-to-resilience The World Bank Group and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) are supporting Senegal to move from reacting to disasters to proactively bu

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