Breaking into Tradables : Urban Form and Urban Function in a Developing City

Breaking into Tradables : Urban Form and Urban Function in a Developing City

Many cities in developing economies, particularly in Africa, are experiencing urbanization without industrialization. This paper conceptualizes this in a framework in which a city can produce non-tradable goods and -- if it is sufficiently competit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Venables, Anthony J.
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
city
urban development
structural transformation
tradable goods
urbanization
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/195191485180968902/Breaking-into-tradables-urban-form-and-urban-function-in-a-developing-city
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25959

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/195191485180968902/Breaking-into-tradables-urban-form-and-urban-function-in-a-developing-city
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25959

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