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Mark your calendar for sessions (co-)hosted by the World Bank and sessions involving World Bank speakers at WUF9 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This list may be subject to change. Download our event flyer .

Visit the World Bank Group booth daily from 9:00 to 18:30 at #128 in the exhibition hall of the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.

*World Bank-hosted events. 

Wednesday, February 7

Regional Learning Exchange: Pro-Poor Land Tools
February 6-7 | Room TBC
Hosted by UN-Habitat, Global Land Tool Network, TAMPEI, and HPFPI

February 7 | 10:30-17:30 | Room TBC
Hosted by UN-Habitat Climate Change and Cities. World Bank to participate at 14:15-15:45 in the plenary session on PPP, Investments, and Monitoring of Business Activities as Part of SDGs and the New Urban Agenda.

Meeting of Agencies on Land Value Capture
February 7 | 14:00-17:00 | Grand Hyatt Hotel - Grand Residence 101
Hosted by Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

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Thursday, February 8

February 8 | 11:30-13:30 | Room 307
Hosted by World Resources Institute

February 8 | 17:00-18:00 | Room 406
Hosted by World Enabled / General Assembly of Partners (GAP)

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Friday, February 9

February 9 | 9:00-11:00 | Room TBC
Hosted by World Enabled

Roundtable: Approaching Land and Tenure Security for Inclusive Urban Prosperity? 
February 9 | 9:00-11:00 | Room TBC
Hosted by Land and Global Land Tool Network (UN-Habitat)

February 9 | 12:00-13:15 | One UN Room
Hosted by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

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February 9 | 11:00-14:00 | Room 405
Hosted by the World Bank

Press Panel: Developing a Global People-Based Definition of Cities and Settlements
February 9 | 14:30-15:30 | Media Center
Hosted by The European Commission

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February 9 | 15:00-17:00 | Room 407
Hosted by the World Bank

February 9 | 15:00-17:00 | Room 307
Hosted by CONAVI (Mexico National Housing Commission)

Panel Discussion: Urban Forced Displacement: the New Normal
February 9 | 18:00-19:00 | Listen to Cities
Hosted by Europe Commission - Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO)

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Saturday, February 10

February 10 | 9:00-11:00 | Room 404
Hosted by Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), UN-Habitat, European Commission, and European Investment Bank. World Bank to participate at 9:40 - Innovative Funding Instruments for New Projects and Initiatives

February 10 | 9:00-12:00 | Room TBC
Hosted by UN-Habitat

February 10 | 9:00-12:00 | Room TBC
Hosted by UN-Habitat

February 10 | 9:00-11:00 | Room 307
Hosted by Habitat for Humanity / The Urban Housing Practitioners Hub (UHPH) / UNIAPRAVI

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February 10 | 13:00-15:00 | One UN Room
Hosted by UNESCO and the World Bank. Download . 

February 10 | 13:00-15:00 | AFINUA
Hosted by BMBF German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and UN-Habitat

(Launch of the GPSC's Urban Sustainability Framework - USF)*
February 10 | 14:00-15:00 | Room 402
Hosted by ľ¹ÏÓ°Ôº, Global Environment Facility (GEF) - Sustainable Cities, and the Global Platform for Sustainable Cities (GPSC)

Roundtable: Cities in International Cooperation and Urbanization as a Driving Force for Development, Determining Developmental Politics in the Future
February 10 | 14:00-15:00 | Room TBC
Hosted by GIZ

February 10 | 14:30-16:30 | Room TBC
Hosted by UN-Habitat

February 10 | 14:30-16:30 | Room TBC
Hosted by UN-Habitat

February 10 | 14:30-17:30 | Room TBC
Hosted by UN-Habitat

February 10 | 14:30-17:30 | Room TBC
Hosted by the United Nations

February 10 | 15:00-17:00 | AFINUA
Hosted by the European Commission

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February 10 | 17:00-18:00 | Room 408
Hosted by the World Bank and Tufts University's Feinstein International Center

February 10 | 17:00-18:00 | Room 404
Hosted by BMZ and GIZ

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Sunday, February 11

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February 11 | 9:00-11:00 | AFINUA
Hosted by the World Bank / GFDRR / Medellin Collaboration for Urban Resilience

February 11 | 9:00-12:00 | Room TBC
Hosted by UN-Habitat

February 11 | 12:00-13:00 | Urban Library
Hosted by the City of Yokohama, Japan

High-Level Panel: Thriving Cities, Prosperous Countries: From Agenda to Implementation
February 11 | 13:00-18:30 | Room TBC
Hosted by the Coalition for Urban Transitions, World Resources Institute, C40 Climate Leadership Group
World Bank to participate at 15:35-16:35 in the panel "Delivering urban infrastructure and core services for all" 

Advisory Committee of the Cities and Climate Change Initiative
February 11 | 13:00-17:30 | Room TBC
Hosted by UN-Habitat

Press Briefing on World Bank Report: East Asia and Pacific Cities: Expanding Opportunities for the Urban Poor*
February 11 | 14:00-15:00 | Press Conference Room
Hosted by the World Bank

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February 11 | 17:00-18:00 | Room 307
Hosted by the World Bank

February 11 | 17:00-18:00 | Room 408
Hosted by Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments / The Global Network on Disability Inclusive and Accessible Urban Development (DIAUD)

February 11 | 17:00-19:00 | AFINUA
Hosted by Asian Development Bank (ADB)

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Monday, February 12

: Business and Industries Roundtable
February 12 | 9:00-11:00 | Room TBC
Hosted by UN-Habitat

February 12 | 11:00-14:00 | Room 404
Hosted by World Enabled

February 12 | 14:30-16:30 | Room 404 
Hosted by the United Nations

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February 12 | 15:00-17:00 | Room 304
Hosted by the World Bank and Bank Negara Malaysia

February 12 | 15:00-17:00 | Room 407
Hosted by Cities Alliance / DFID

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Tuesday, February 13

Expert Group Meeting: Global Land Tool Network Gender Strategy
February 13 | Time and Room TBC
Hosted by Huairou Coalition

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Last Updated: Jan 31, 2018

This study focused on understanding three key aspects of city competitiveness: economic growth, urban governance, and social inclusion. The study covers six main conurbations in Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru, George Town, Kuantan, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching. Lessons from international experience were used as guidance in the context of Malaysia¡¯s own experience and provided critical input to the set of recommended policy options.  & 

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Today, urbanization in Eastern European and Central Asian countries is also profoundly affected by demographic transition. Having experienced more than two decades of fertility rates below replacement levels, and currently suffering from negative net-migration rates, many countries in the region are experiencing an overall decline of their population. Compared to the rest of the world, countries in the region have much lower population growth rates, and are among the only countries experiencing both a decline of their total population and of their urban population. 

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Urbanization in East Asia and the Pacific has created enormous opportunity for many. Yet the rapid growth of cities can also create challenges as national and local governments try to keep up with the needs of their growing populations. Among these challenges is a lack of affordable housing, resulting in increasing slums, deficits in basic service provision, and widening inequality for urban dwellers. 

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The Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) is one of the fastest-growing city regions in West Africa. GAMA is exposed to recurrent shocks and stresses on top of numerous developmental challenges and climate change issues that threaten development gains. The deadly floods of June 2015 are a reminder that creating a resilient and inclusive city must be a priority at all government levels. 

Africa is urbanizing late but fast. This brings many benefits but, as this report shows: thus far, urbanization in Africa, unique in a number of respects, is having deleterious and largely unchecked impacts on the natural environment; the degradation of natural assets and ecosystems within African cities carries tangible economic, fiscal and social costs; there are important opportunities to change the current environmental trajectory of African cities so that they move towards a more harmonious relationship between their natural and built environments. 

Today, more than half of Haiti's population calls cities and towns their home, in a major shift from the 1950s when around 90 percent of Haitians lived in the countryside. Urbanization is usually paired with economic growth, increased productivity, and higher living standards, but in Haiti it has taken a different course. Potential benefits have been overshadowed by immense challenges, all of which require immediate action. 

The Development Digest is a half-yearly publication that features key works from teams based at the World Bank Group Global Knowledge and Research Hub in Malaysia. This third issue of the Development Digest focuses on green Islamic financing, where Malaysia leads the way with the issuance of the world's first green corporate sukuk. This digest also looks into topics like ASEAN at 50, open data, the role of GDP in development, migration, and microfinance.

Cities in the developing world are rapidly expanding, boosting countries¡¯ economies, reducing poverty, and fueling global prosperity. But as more people, assets, and economic activity become concentrated in cities, and infrastructure struggles to keep up with rapid growth, the risk posed by natural disasters and climate change is rising. 

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After a strong finish in 2014, growth moderated in early 2015. Malaysia¡¯s economy expanded by 6.0 percent in 2014, accelerating to 7.3 percent q/q saar in Q42014 due to resilient domestic demand and a pick-up of exports. Growth moderated to 4.7 percent q/q saar in Q1 2015 on account of weaker external demand, but domestic demand remained strong. 

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Regenerating Urban Land draws on the experience of eight case studies from around the world. The case studies outline various policy and financial instruments to attract private sector investment in urban regeneration of underutilized and unutilized areas and the requisite infrastructure improvements. 

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