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    housing
    Climate
    Insights
    April 3, 2024

    How Improved Housing in Under-served Communities Can Strengthen Climate Resilience

    • housing
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • Climate
    • Climate Equity
    A row of housing in Iloilo City, Phillippines.
    • housing
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • Climate
    • Climate Equity
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    November 13, 2019

    To Fix City Slums, Don't Just Knock Them Down: Involve Residents in Upgrading Efforts

    • Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • housing
    • poverty
    • public participation
    View of one of the many informal settlements the city of Surabaya, Indonesia has upgraded since the 1960s with input and participation from residents. Photo by Peter Edelman.
    • Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • housing
    • poverty
    • public participation
    Cities
    Insights
    September 6, 2018

    Can Housing Be Affordable Without Being Efficient?

    • Buildings
    • housing
    Minha Casa, Minha Vida affordable housing project in Brazil
    • Buildings
    • housing
    Cities
    Insights
    October 2, 2017

    The Crisis in Affordable Housing Is a Problem for Cities Everywhere

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • housing
    Affordable housing for all.
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • housing
    Cities
    Insights
    August 31, 2017

    Winner Take All? Richard Florida’s ‘New Urban Crisis’ Part of Growing Global Focus on Unequal Cities

    • housing
    • development
    • Equity & Governance
    Bridge across creek in Kibera, Nairobi.
    • housing
    • development
    • Equity & Governance
    Cities
    Africa Latin America Asia
    News
    July 12, 2017

    RELEASE: 1.2 Billion People Living in Cities Lack Access to Affordable and Secure Housing

    • housing
    • Equity & Governance
    • housing
    • Equity & Governance
    Cities
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    July 12, 2017

    Confronting the Urban Housing Gap

    • Towards a More Equal City
    • housing
    • Equity & Governance
    • Urban Development
    Informal housing in Dhaka, Bangladesh
    • Towards a More Equal City
    • housing
    • Equity & Governance
    • Urban Development
    Finance
    Outcomes
    April 30, 2012

    Greener IFC Lending Standards

    • Finance
    • Top Outcome: 2011
    Women working in Sri Lankan field
    • Finance
    • Top Outcome: 2011
    Forests
    Outcomes
    April 30, 2012

    A Landmark Agreement to Save Canada’s Boreal Forest

    • Top Outcome: 2011
    Taku River in British Columbia
    • Top Outcome: 2011
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Outcomes
    April 30, 2012

    India’s Green Tribunal Fully Functional and Accessible

    • Top Outcome: 2011
    Men in Indian field
    • Top Outcome: 2011
    Business
    Latin America
    Outcomes
    April 30, 2012

    Celebrating the Growth of Environmental Enterprise in Emerging Markets

    • Top Outcome: 2011
    Brazil nut harvesters
    • Top Outcome: 2011
    Forests
    Asia
    Outcomes
    April 30, 2012

    Indonesia’s Ambitious Forest Moratorium

    • Top Outcome: 2011
    Workers in Indonesian forest
    • Top Outcome: 2011
    Climate
    Outcomes
    April 30, 2012

    New Tools Help Businesses Measure Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    • Top Outcome: 2011
    People in city center
    • Top Outcome: 2011
    Forests
    Africa
    Outcomes
    April 30, 2012

    A New Open Approach to Resource Management in Gabon

    • Top Outcome: 2011
    Forest road in Gabon
    • Top Outcome: 2011
    Cities
    Asia
    Outcomes
    April 30, 2012

    Jaipur Takes First Steps Towards World-Class Transport System

    • Top Outcome: 2011
    • Health & Road Safety
    Car window view of people in Indian street
    • Top Outcome: 2011
    • Health & Road Safety

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