Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
Operational Risk Assessment (ORA) for Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) in Bangladesh : Final Implementation PlanIn April, 2008 the World Bank and the
 Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) commenced a
 study with the following objectives: (i) to assess fiduciary
 and operational risks in LGED's management of projects,
 assets and other resources, and in the Local Government
 Division (LGD), Ministry Of Local Government, Rural
 Development and Cooperatives' oversight function; (ii)
 to evaluate the efficacy of external review of
 decision-making by LGED and the LGD; and (iii) to identify
 options for future monitoring of operational risks in LGED
 and the LGD, and (iv) to prioritize options which are
 realistic and available to effectively minimize the major
 operational risks identified. This report addresses the last
 of these objectives. It is based on discussions in Dhaka
 14-20 March with senior LGED staff the Operational Risk
 Assessment (ORA) team leader, and follow-up work by LGED
 staff through March 30. The report identifies and
 categorizes three different types of risks. The first type
 includes risks that LGED has the authority to take the
 necessary actions to address, with support from development
 partners and routine budgetary spending and staffing
 authorizations needed from other agencies. The second type
 includes risks that can only be addressed by LGED in
 partnership with one or more other organizations. In other
 words, it can initiate some parts, but will also need key
 partners to make necessary decisions to carry out the
 recommended actions. Although initial work on these can
 begin right away, successful implementation is expected to
 take longer than addressing the first type of risks. The
 third type includes risks that stem from the external
 environment in which LGED operates. LGED cannot take any
 direct action to address them. Yet, based on a full
 understanding of the nature of the risk, LGED may be able to
 take indirect actions to mitigate the relevant operational
 and fiduciary risks to LGED's operations and
 reputation. These are more complex than the first two types,
 and may take more time to address. Once finalized, the
 report will be presented and discussed at the ORA
 Dissemination Workshop tentatively scheduled for July, 2009,
 with participants from Government, civil society, and
 international partner organizations. Following approval by
 the Local Government Division, Ministry Of Local Government,
 Rural Development and Cooperatives, LGED will begin
 implementing the risk mitigating measures according to the
 attached schedule.
-
Cote d’Ivoire Urbanization ReviewWell-managed urbanization can accelerate Cote d’Ivoire’s ascendance to middle incomes. Such a large gap in gross national income (GNI) per capita means that the underlining economic drivers of urbanization are not being fully harnessed in Cote d’Ivoire. Small cities at low urbanization level facilitate internal scale economies, such as hosting a large firm transforming local agricultural products. Secondary cities at intermediate urbanization level facilitate localization economies by enabling linkages between firms operating in the same sector. Large cities at advanced urbanization level facilitate urbanization economies through a diverse economic base nurturing innovation. Drawing on the findings of the World Development Report 2009 applied to the Ivorian context, the authors identify three types of cities in the country: global connector cities generating urbanization economies needed for innovation, increasing return to scale activities, and global competitiveness; regional connector cities generating localization economies needed for efficient regional trade and transport; and domestic connector cities generating internal scale economies needed to unleash the agricultural potential of regions. Cote d’Ivoire’s small cities and market towns can be anchors generating scale economies for agribusiness. While southwest regions strongly contribute to the production and export of cash crops, savanna areas can help scale up food and cereal production to supply urban centers domestically and regionally.
-
Rise of the Anatolian TigersTurkey’s demographic and economic
 transformation has been one of the world’s most dramatic,
 with urban growth and economic growth proceeding hand in
 hand. Distinguishing Turkey from many other developing
 countries has been the pace, scale, and geographical
 diversity of its spatial and economic transformation.
 Fast-growing secondary cities bring added challenges that
 define Turkey’s second-generation urban agenda. New and
 differentiated service standards will need to be established
 across both dense urban built-up areas and small villages
 and rural settlements within the newly-expanded metropolitan
 municipality administrative area. These developments make
 planning, connecting, and financing important policy
 principles for Turkey’s second-generation urban development
 agenda. This policy brief frames a second-generation urban
 development agenda to support Turkey’s transition from upper
 middle income to high income.