Urbanization and Growth

Urbanization and Growth [electronic resource] - Washington, DC : Commission on Growth and Development : World Bank, c2009. - xxx, 255 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. - World Bank e-Library. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


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

9780821375730

2008044060


Urban economics.
Urbanization--Economic aspects.
Cities and towns--Growth.

HT321 / .U338 2009

330.9173/2

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