Turning Sri Lanka's Urban Vision into Policy and Action

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:	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
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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