Turning Sri Lanka's Urban Vision into Policy and Action

Sri Lanka's country vision is to become a global hub between the East and the West and an upper middle-income country by 2016. Sri Lanka's urban vision, as defined in the government's development policy framework is to develop a syst...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
BUS
CAR
TAX
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/05/16823176/turning-sri-lankas-urban-vision-policy-action
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11929
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topic ACCESS ROADS
ACCESS TO LAND
ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES
AIRPORT
ARTERIAL ROADS
BLOCK GRANTS
BORROWING
BOTTLENECKS
BUS
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
CAPITAL GRANTS
CAPITAL PROGRAM
CAPITALS
CAR
CAR TRIPS
CENTRAL TRANSFERS
CITIES
CITY MANAGEMENT
CITY PLANNING
COMMUTERS
CONGESTION
DECENTRALIZATION
DRAINAGE
DRIVERS
ECONOMIC REFORM
EMPLOYMENT
EXPENDITURES
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL SERVICES
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
GOVERNANCE MODELS
HIGHWAY
HORIZONTAL EQUITY
HOUSING
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
INCOME
INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS
INSTITUTIONAL SETTING
LABOR MARKETS
LAND DEVELOPMENT
LAND MANAGEMENT
LAND MARKETS
LAND USE
LAWS
LICENSES
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
LOCAL LEVEL
LOCAL ROADS
MANDATES
METROPOLITAN AREAS
METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT
MICROFINANCE
MIGRATION
MUNICIPAL COUNCILS
MUNICIPAL FINANCE
MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE
MUNICIPAL SERVICES
MUNICIPALITIES
NATURAL RESOURCES
NOW ACCOUNTS
PARKING FEES
PER CAPITA INCOME
POPULATION DENSITY
PRIVATE COMMERCIAL BANKS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROPERTY TAXES
PUBLIC
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC HOUSING
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
PUBLIC RESOURCES
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
PUBLIC­ PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
RAIL
RAILWAY
RAILWAY LINE
RAILWAY NETWORK
RAPID TRANSIT
RECURRENT EXPENDITURES
RENTAL HOUSING
REVENUE COLLECTION
REVENUE SOURCES
ROAD
ROAD CONNECTIONS
ROUTE
RURAL ENVIRONMENT
RURAL­URBAN MIGRATION
SANITATION
SHELTER
SLUMS
SOCIAL SERVICES
SOLID WASTE COLLECTION
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
SUBSIDIARY
TAX
TAX ASSESSMENT
TAX RATES
TAXATION
TIRES
TOWNS
TRADE LICENSES
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRUE
URBAN
URBAN AREAS
URBAN CENTERS
URBAN CONCENTRATION
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
URBAN DWELLERS
URBAN ECONOMIES
URBAN ECONOMY
URBAN GEOGRAPHY
URBAN GROWTH
URBAN HOUSING
URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE
URBAN LABOR
URBAN PLANNING
URBAN PLANS
URBAN POPULATION
URBAN POPULATION GROWTH
URBAN RENEWAL
URBAN ROADS
URBAN SECTOR
URBAN SERVICE DELIVERY
URBAN SERVICES
URBAN SETTLEMENTS
URBAN SPRAWL
URBAN STRUCTURE
URBAN TRANSPORT
URBAN TRANSPORTATION
URBAN WATER
URBANIZATION
VEHICLE
VEHICLE PARKING
WAGES
WATER SUPPLY
spellingShingle ACCESS ROADS
ACCESS TO LAND
ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES
AIRPORT
ARTERIAL ROADS
BLOCK GRANTS
BORROWING
BOTTLENECKS
BUS
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
CAPITAL GRANTS
CAPITAL PROGRAM
CAPITALS
CAR
CAR TRIPS
CENTRAL TRANSFERS
CITIES
CITY MANAGEMENT
CITY PLANNING
COMMUTERS
CONGESTION
DECENTRALIZATION
DRAINAGE
DRIVERS
ECONOMIC REFORM
EMPLOYMENT
EXPENDITURES
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL SERVICES
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
GOVERNANCE MODELS
HIGHWAY
HORIZONTAL EQUITY
HOUSING
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
INCOME
INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS
INSTITUTIONAL SETTING
LABOR MARKETS
LAND DEVELOPMENT
LAND MANAGEMENT
LAND MARKETS
LAND USE
LAWS
LICENSES
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
LOCAL LEVEL
LOCAL ROADS
MANDATES
METROPOLITAN AREAS
METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT
MICROFINANCE
MIGRATION
MUNICIPAL COUNCILS
MUNICIPAL FINANCE
MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE
MUNICIPAL SERVICES
MUNICIPALITIES
NATURAL RESOURCES
NOW ACCOUNTS
PARKING FEES
PER CAPITA INCOME
POPULATION DENSITY
PRIVATE COMMERCIAL BANKS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROPERTY TAXES
PUBLIC
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC HOUSING
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
PUBLIC RESOURCES
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
PUBLIC­ PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
RAIL
RAILWAY
RAILWAY LINE
RAILWAY NETWORK
RAPID TRANSIT
RECURRENT EXPENDITURES
RENTAL HOUSING
REVENUE COLLECTION
REVENUE SOURCES
ROAD
ROAD CONNECTIONS
ROUTE
RURAL ENVIRONMENT
RURAL­URBAN MIGRATION
SANITATION
SHELTER
SLUMS
SOCIAL SERVICES
SOLID WASTE COLLECTION
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
SUBSIDIARY
TAX
TAX ASSESSMENT
TAX RATES
TAXATION
TIRES
TOWNS
TRADE LICENSES
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRUE
URBAN
URBAN AREAS
URBAN CENTERS
URBAN CONCENTRATION
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
URBAN DWELLERS
URBAN ECONOMIES
URBAN ECONOMY
URBAN GEOGRAPHY
URBAN GROWTH
URBAN HOUSING
URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE
URBAN LABOR
URBAN PLANNING
URBAN PLANS
URBAN POPULATION
URBAN POPULATION GROWTH
URBAN RENEWAL
URBAN ROADS
URBAN SECTOR
URBAN SERVICE DELIVERY
URBAN SERVICES
URBAN SETTLEMENTS
URBAN SPRAWL
URBAN STRUCTURE
URBAN TRANSPORT
URBAN TRANSPORTATION
URBAN WATER
URBANIZATION
VEHICLE
VEHICLE PARKING
WAGES
WATER SUPPLY
World Bank
Turning Sri Lanka's Urban Vision into Policy and Action
geographic_facet South Asia
Sri Lanka
description Sri Lanka's country vision is to become a global hub between the East and the West and an upper middle-income country by 2016. Sri Lanka's urban vision, as defined in the government's development policy framework is to develop a system of competitive, environmentally sustainable, well-linked cities clustered in five metro regions and nine metro cities and to provide every family with affordable and adequate urban shelter by 2020. This policy note provides an initial assessment of Sri Lanka's urban characteristics, outlining the challenges ahead and broad policy directions for turning the urban vision into action. The policy note has six main sections. First section briefly outlines Sri Lanka's urban characteristics today. Second section discusses the main economic drivers of Sri Lanka's cities. Third section presents the main themes of Sri Lanka's Urban Vision (which includes the System of competitive cities vision and the adequate and affordable urban shelter for all vision) and discusses its economic rationale and viability given the urban characteristics and economic drivers of the country's cities. Fourth section outlines the main challenges for achieving the Urban Vision, based on the results of a diagnostic assessment carried out as an input to the policy note. Fifth section discusses recent government initiatives for implementing the urban vision, and how they have helped tackle the challenges. And sixth section offers broad policy directions and priority actions to achieve the Urban Vision.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Turning Sri Lanka's Urban Vision into Policy and Action
title_short Turning Sri Lanka's Urban Vision into Policy and Action
title_full Turning Sri Lanka's Urban Vision into Policy and Action
title_fullStr Turning Sri Lanka's Urban Vision into Policy and Action
title_full_unstemmed Turning Sri Lanka's Urban Vision into Policy and Action
title_sort turning sri lanka's urban vision into policy and action
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/05/16823176/turning-sri-lankas-urban-vision-policy-action
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11929
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spelling okr-10986-119292021-04-23T14:02:58Z Turning Sri Lanka's Urban Vision into Policy and Action World Bank ACCESS ROADS ACCESS TO LAND ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES AIRPORT ARTERIAL ROADS BLOCK GRANTS BORROWING BOTTLENECKS BUS CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CAPITAL GRANTS CAPITAL PROGRAM CAPITALS CAR CAR TRIPS CENTRAL TRANSFERS CITIES CITY MANAGEMENT CITY PLANNING COMMUTERS CONGESTION DECENTRALIZATION DRAINAGE DRIVERS ECONOMIC REFORM EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURES FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL SERVICES GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GOVERNANCE MODELS HIGHWAY HORIZONTAL EQUITY HOUSING HOUSING DEVELOPMENT INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS INSTITUTIONAL SETTING LABOR MARKETS LAND DEVELOPMENT LAND MANAGEMENT LAND MARKETS LAND USE LAWS LICENSES LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL LEVEL LOCAL ROADS MANDATES METROPOLITAN AREAS METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT MICROFINANCE MIGRATION MUNICIPAL COUNCILS MUNICIPAL FINANCE MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE MUNICIPAL SERVICES MUNICIPALITIES NATURAL RESOURCES NOW ACCOUNTS PARKING FEES PER CAPITA INCOME POPULATION DENSITY PRIVATE COMMERCIAL BANKS PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY TAXES PUBLIC PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC HOUSING PUBLIC OWNERSHIP PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC­ PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS RAIL RAILWAY RAILWAY LINE RAILWAY NETWORK RAPID TRANSIT RECURRENT EXPENDITURES RENTAL HOUSING REVENUE COLLECTION REVENUE SOURCES ROAD ROAD CONNECTIONS ROUTE RURAL ENVIRONMENT RURAL­URBAN MIGRATION SANITATION SHELTER SLUMS SOCIAL SERVICES SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS SUBSIDIARY TAX TAX ASSESSMENT TAX RATES TAXATION TIRES TOWNS TRADE LICENSES TRANSPORT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRUE URBAN URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS URBAN CONCENTRATION URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN DWELLERS URBAN ECONOMIES URBAN ECONOMY URBAN GEOGRAPHY URBAN GROWTH URBAN HOUSING URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN LABOR URBAN PLANNING URBAN PLANS URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATION GROWTH URBAN RENEWAL URBAN ROADS URBAN SECTOR URBAN SERVICE DELIVERY URBAN SERVICES URBAN SETTLEMENTS URBAN SPRAWL URBAN STRUCTURE URBAN TRANSPORT URBAN TRANSPORTATION URBAN WATER URBANIZATION VEHICLE VEHICLE PARKING WAGES WATER SUPPLY Sri Lanka's country vision is to become a global hub between the East and the West and an upper middle-income country by 2016. Sri Lanka's urban vision, as defined in the government's development policy framework is to develop a system of competitive, environmentally sustainable, well-linked cities clustered in five metro regions and nine metro cities and to provide every family with affordable and adequate urban shelter by 2020. This policy note provides an initial assessment of Sri Lanka's urban characteristics, outlining the challenges ahead and broad policy directions for turning the urban vision into action. The policy note has six main sections. First section briefly outlines Sri Lanka's urban characteristics today. Second section discusses the main economic drivers of Sri Lanka's cities. Third section presents the main themes of Sri Lanka's Urban Vision (which includes the System of competitive cities vision and the adequate and affordable urban shelter for all vision) and discusses its economic rationale and viability given the urban characteristics and economic drivers of the country's cities. Fourth section outlines the main challenges for achieving the Urban Vision, based on the results of a diagnostic assessment carried out as an input to the policy note. Fifth section discusses recent government initiatives for implementing the urban vision, and how they have helped tackle the challenges. And sixth section offers broad policy directions and priority actions to achieve the Urban Vision. 2012-12-06T21:40:18Z 2012-12-06T21:40:18Z 2012-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/05/16823176/turning-sri-lankas-urban-vision-policy-action http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11929 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work South Asia Sri Lanka