New paper out! We identified informal neighborhoods in Texas by using satellite-derived building footprint. The shape and direction of buildings does matter. This can be a simple tool to measure slums across the world. authors.elsevier.com/c/1c6UJyDvMFZj…

What’s a #LivableCity to you? Share your ideas below & tune in next Wed., June 2 @ 9 am ET: wrld.bg/OJFL50EXanR #Cities4All World Bank Sameh Wahba Maitreyi Bordia Das Somik Lall

Tomorrow! Wed., June 2 @ 9 am ET: What will #CitiesOfTheFuture look like? How would you like yours to look? Comment, and join us: wrld.bg/iu9G50EZAvm #Cities4All

In one hour! ⏰ Tune in to find answers to your questions about city growth & design! Our expert panel has studied 9,500 cities 🏙️globally, w/data from the past 30 years. Join us! wrld.bg/uNjx50F0xcQ #Cities4All World Bank World Bank Africa Sameh Wahba Maitreyi Bordia Das

A new blog on the patterns and drivers of city growth, published in Brooking's Future Development series. Jointly with Mathilde Lebrand and Hogeun Park "Slums, sprawl, and skyscrapers brook.gs/3zHsfc0 via The Brookings Institution

DYK: #Mumbai’s skyline has peaked over the past three decades, with redevelopment comprising a quarter of all real estate development over the last 10 years. Know more: wrld.bg/IXrC50FWXIW World Bank Cities

The #I3RF is a platform for coordinated financing & dialogue to support the #reform, recovery & reconstruction in #Iraq, & an efficient tool that generates evidence through reform-oriented pilot projects to inform #IECG in supporting white-paper implementation.

Contemporary challenges for the #sustainability of the social-environmental systems across the Asian Drylands Belt. ow.ly/2ZHs50HKFW1 #OpenAccess

How can #MENA become greener, more resilient and avert the worst impacts of climate change? The World Bank’s latest MENA Climate Roadmap shows how bold action will reap triple dividends in jobs, economic sustainability and social inclusion. wrld.bg/uxo850HZLnA

New working paper out! Analyzed 48 million pixels to understand what is underlying drivers of cropland gain and loss. Results? Land governance and Institution matter more than geography documents.worldbank.org/en/publication…

V. happy to see my World Bank Cities WP with Amjad Kahn, Hogeun Park & Sanji Wibisana on estimating the local economic impacts of the #COVID19 crisis across cities globally has now been published! (1/n) documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099…

Yemeni women are unsung heroes, overcoming multiple challenges to support families & communities but as Yasmin said, “will fly” when given opportunities. #YemeniWomenCan #IWD2023. Discover how World Bank empowers women in 🇾🇪 : bit.ly/3T7KBOs

Empowering women and promoting their participation in the workforce can drive sustainable development, social cohesion, and peacebuilding in #Yemen. Read our latest blog to see how the World Bank invests in Yemeni women entrepreneurs: wrld.bg/zJe750NhqBE

New function in Google Maps. Allows you to see the area covered in a 15-minute walk, assigning a point of origin. You can also select a time of 30 minutes and a car as a mode of transport. Interesting input. (HT & PIC Juan E. Aristizábal)

V happy to have published this paper with my World Bank colleagues Amjad Kahn, Hogeun Park & Sanji Wibisana - Lights out: The economic impacts of Covid‐19 on cities globally - Journal of Regional Science - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jo… (1/2)

NEW in NBER - Using Satellite Imagery to Detect the Impacts of New Highways: An Application to India By Kathryn Baragwanath, Gordon Hanson, Amit Khandelwal, Chen Liu, & Hogeun Park: nber.org/papers/w32047

Sign-up for the 3rd in our series of joint IIEP at GWU World Bank Cities workshops which features leading speakers from academia & World Bank. The topic of workshop will be "Housing, Local Economic Development & Planning." Date - 15th February! Tanner Regan mailchi.mp/gwu.edu/wb-iie…

Launching a new home for all our open-source geospatial python tutorials - covering #GeoPandas, #XArray, #Dask, #XEE, #SamGeo and more. Check them out at geopythontutorials.com

We have a late predoctoral fellowship opening in the Reimagining the Economy Project Harvard Kennedy School. Join Dani Rodrik and me to work on place-based and industrial policy next year. hks.harvard.edu/centers/wiener…