Urbanization and Growth [electronic resource].

Published:: Washington, DC : Commission on Growth and Development : World Bank, [2009]
Copyright Date:: ©2009
Physical Description:: xxx, 255 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Additional Creators:: Spence, Michael, 1943-, Annez, Patricia Clarke, and Buckley, Robert M.

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Contents:

Urbanization and growth : setting the context / Patricia Clarke Annez and Robert M. Buckley -- Rethinking economic growth in a globalizing world : an economic geography lens / Anthony J. Venables -- Are cities engines of growth and prosperity for developing countries? / Gilles Duranton -- Urbanization, agglomeration, and economic development / John M. Quigley -- Spatial inequality and economic development : theories, facts, and policies / Sukkoo Kim -- Housing policy in developing countries : the importance of the informal economy / Richard Arnott -- The U.S. subprime mortgage crisis : issues raised and lessons learned / Dwight M. Jaffee.

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9780821375730

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Electronic reproduction. [Washington, D.C.] : World Bank Group, [2007]. (World Bank e-Library)

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