Urbanization and Growth : Commission on Growth and Development

Structural change is a key driver of rapid growth: countries diversify into new industries, firms learn new things, people move to new locations. Anything that slows this structural change is also likely to slow growth. Because urbanization is one...

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Main Authors:	Spence, Michael, Annez, Patricia Clarke, Buckley, Robert M.
Format:	Publication
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ABUSE ACCOUNTING AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ALM BANKS BARRIOS BETTERMENT LEVIES BORROWING BUDGET CONSTRAINTS CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CAPITAL MARKETS CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS CITY COUNCILS CITY DEVELOPMENT CITY DWELLERS CITY SIZE CLIMATE CHANGE CULTURAL CHANGE DEBT DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DISEASES EASTERN CARIBBEAN CENTRAL BANK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY ECONOMICS EXTERNALITIES FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FEMALE EDUCATION FEWER CHILDREN FINANCIAL MARKETS FISCAL CAPACITY FISCAL POLICY FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT SUPPORT GREEN REVOLUTION GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HOUSING HOUSING DEMAND HOUSING MARKETS HOUSING STOCK HOUSING SUBSIDIES HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN LIFE HUMAN SETTLEMENTS ILLITERACY ILLNESS IMMIGRANTS IMPORTANT POLICY INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION INDUSTRIALIZATION INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANT MORTALITY RATES INSURANCE INTEREST RATES INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVENTORY LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LAND MARKETS LAND PRICES LAND TAXES LAND USE LARGE CITIES LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL STATUS LEGISLATION LICENSES LIMITED RESOURCES LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL COUNCILS LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL PUBLIC FINANCE LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MASS IMMIGRATION MEGACITIES MODERNIZATION MORTALITY MORTGAGE LENDING MUNICIPAL FINANCE MUNICIPALITIES NATIONAL BOUNDARIES NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL NUMBER OF WORKERS PER CAPITA INCOME POLICE POLICY DECISIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESPONSE POLLUTION POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POPULATION GROWTH RATES POPULATION INCREMENTS POPULATION MOVEMENTS POPULATION SHIFT POPULATION SHIFTS POVERTY REDUCTION PRACTITIONERS PRIMATE CITIES PROPERTY TAXES PUBLIC PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC HOUSING PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SERVICES RATE OF GROWTH RATES OF GROWTH RATES OF URBANIZATION REAL ESTATE MARKETS REGIONAL INEQUALITIES RENTAL VALUE OF PROPERTY RICHER COUNTRIES RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL POPULATION RURAL POPULATIONS RURAL POVERTY RURALURBAN MIGRATION SANITATION SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SECONDARY CITIES SECURITY OF TENURE SERVICE SECTORS SERVICED LAND SEWAGE SEWAGE TREATMENT SEWER SYSTEMS SEWERAGE SEWERAGE SYSTEMS SLUMS SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPONSORS STATE UNIVERSITY SUBSIDIARY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX RATES TAXATION TECHNICAL CAPACITY TOLERANCE TOWNS TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYMENT UNFPA UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND URBAN URBAN AGGLOMERATION URBAN AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS URBAN AREAS URBAN BIAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN ECONOMICS URBAN ECONOMIES URBAN EMPLOYMENT URBAN ENVIRONMENT URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN LABOR URBAN LAND URBAN LAND USE URBAN MIGRATION URBAN POLICY URBAN POOR URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATION GROWTH URBAN POPULATION GROWTH RATES URBAN POPULATIONS URBAN POVERTY URBAN PROJECTS URBAN SECTOR URBAN SECTORS URBAN TRANSITION URBAN WORKERS URBANIZATION URBANIZATION PROCESS WAGES WARS WASTE WATER WATER SUPPLY WATER TREATMENT
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