Time to ACT : Realizing Indonesia's Urban Potential

In over 70 years since its independence, Indonesia has been transformed by urbanization, and within the next quarter of a century, its transition to an urban society will be almost complete. While urbanization has produced considerable benefits for Indonesians, urbanization has the potential to deli...

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Main Authors: Roberts, Mark, Gil Sander, Frederico, Tiwari, Sailesh
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2019
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spelling okr-10986-313042021-04-23T14:05:01Z Time to ACT : Realizing Indonesia's Urban Potential Roberts, Mark Gil Sander, Frederico Tiwari, Sailesh Roberts, Mark Gil Sander, Frederico Tiwari, Sailesh URBANIZATION URBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SHARED PROSPERITY LIVING STANDARDS INCLUSIVE GROWTH INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT SERVICE DELIVERY CONNECTIVITY VULNERABILITY AGGLOMERATION CONGESTION In over 70 years since its independence, Indonesia has been transformed by urbanization, and within the next quarter of a century, its transition to an urban society will be almost complete. While urbanization has produced considerable benefits for Indonesians, urbanization has the potential to deliver more prosperity, inclusiveness and livability. Time to ACT: Realizing Indonesia's Urban Potential explores the extent to which urbanization in Indonesia has delivered in terms of prosperity, inclusiveness, and livability, and the fundamental reforms that can help the country realize its urban potential. In doing so, the report introduces a new policy framework - the ACT framework - to guide policymaking. This framework emphasizes three policy principles - the need to Augment the provision and quality of infrastructure and basic services across urban and rural locations; the need to better Connect places and people with jobs and opportunities; and the need to Target lagging areas and marginalized groups through well-designed place-based policies, as well as thoughtful urban planning and design. Using this framework, the report provides policy recommendations differentiated by types of place, grounded in solid empirical evidence 2019-02-19T16:30:27Z 2019-02-19T16:30:27Z 2019-10-03 Book http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/911201570172672747/Main-Report 978-1-4648-1389-4 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31304 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication East Asia and Pacific Indonesia
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topic URBANIZATION
URBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SHARED PROSPERITY
LIVING STANDARDS
INCLUSIVE GROWTH
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
SERVICE DELIVERY
CONNECTIVITY
VULNERABILITY
AGGLOMERATION
CONGESTION
spellingShingle URBANIZATION
URBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SHARED PROSPERITY
LIVING STANDARDS
INCLUSIVE GROWTH
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
SERVICE DELIVERY
CONNECTIVITY
VULNERABILITY
AGGLOMERATION
CONGESTION
Roberts, Mark
Gil Sander, Frederico
Tiwari, Sailesh
Time to ACT : Realizing Indonesia's Urban Potential
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description In over 70 years since its independence, Indonesia has been transformed by urbanization, and within the next quarter of a century, its transition to an urban society will be almost complete. While urbanization has produced considerable benefits for Indonesians, urbanization has the potential to deliver more prosperity, inclusiveness and livability. Time to ACT: Realizing Indonesia's Urban Potential explores the extent to which urbanization in Indonesia has delivered in terms of prosperity, inclusiveness, and livability, and the fundamental reforms that can help the country realize its urban potential. In doing so, the report introduces a new policy framework - the ACT framework - to guide policymaking. This framework emphasizes three policy principles - the need to Augment the provision and quality of infrastructure and basic services across urban and rural locations; the need to better Connect places and people with jobs and opportunities; and the need to Target lagging areas and marginalized groups through well-designed place-based policies, as well as thoughtful urban planning and design. Using this framework, the report provides policy recommendations differentiated by types of place, grounded in solid empirical evidence
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Gil Sander, Frederico
Tiwari, Sailesh
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Gil Sander, Frederico
Tiwari, Sailesh
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title Time to ACT : Realizing Indonesia's Urban Potential
title_short Time to ACT : Realizing Indonesia's Urban Potential
title_full Time to ACT : Realizing Indonesia's Urban Potential
title_fullStr Time to ACT : Realizing Indonesia's Urban Potential
title_full_unstemmed Time to ACT : Realizing Indonesia's Urban Potential
title_sort time to act : realizing indonesia's urban potential
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/911201570172672747/Main-Report
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