Vibrant Cities: Advancing Green, Resilient, and Inclusive Urban Development

How will the world’s developing cities become vibrant—capable of meeting the climate, social, and economic challenges of tomorrow? Vibrant cities offer firms and households high expectations for good returns on investments, for a sustainable and resilient future, and for dynamic and inclusive growth. Cities thrive not only by increasing incomes and wealth for a select few but by improving common welfare through the equitable provision of basic services and opportunities. To do this, tomorrow’s vibrant cities will be: resilient and low carbon, inclusive, and productive.

Join Penn IUR for a panel and discussion focused on the recent World Bank paper, Vibrant Cities – On the Bedrock of Stability, Prosperity, and Sustainability. Expert panelists will include co-authors of the report, Forhad J. Shilpi, Senior Economist in Development Economics at the World Bank; and Somik Lall, Staff Director of the World Bank’s 2024 World Development Report; in discussion with Omar Masoud, Chief Executive Officer of The Urban Unit for Government of Pakistan, and Guy Michaels, Associate Professor of Economics at London School of Economics. The panel will moderated by Gilles Duranton, Dean’s Chair in Real Estate Professor School at the Wharton School and Penn IUR Faculty Fellow.