Growing through Cities in Developing Countries

This paper examines the effects of urbanization on development and growth. It begins with a labor market perspective and emphasizes the importance of agglomeration economies, both static and dynamic. It then argues that more productive jobs in cities do not exist in a void and underscores the import...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Duranton, Gilles
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24808