Cities : Engines of Growth and Prosperity for Developing Countries?

This paper reviews the evidence about the effects of urbanization and cities on productivity and economic growth in developing countries using a consistent theoretical framework. Just like in developed economies, there is strong evidence that citie...

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Main Author:	Duranton, Gilles
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACCESS TO MARKETS AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES AGRICULTURAL PRICES AIR ALLOCATION BARRIOS BIG CITIES CAPITAL CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS CITIES CITY DEVELOPMENT CITY GOVERNMENTS CITY POPULATION CITY RESIDENTS CITY SIZE CLEANLINESS CLIMATE CHANGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITION CONGESTION EXTERNALITIES CONSUMPTION COST COST OF LIVING COSTS COUNTRYSIDE DEMAND DESCRIPTION DESIGN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EFFICIENCY ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY EQUALITY EXPENDITURE EXTERNALITIES EXTERNALITY FACILITIES FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FEMALE GASOLINE GDP GOVERNANCE HIGH TRANSPORT HIGH-SPEED TRAIN HOUSEHOLD HOUSING HOUSING MARKET HOUSING MARKETS HOUSING SUPPLY HUMAN CAPITAL ILLEGAL SETTLEMENTS INCUMBENT INDUSTRIALIZATION INHABITANTS INITIATIVES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS LABOR LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY LAND LAND OWNERSHIP LARGE CITIES LIVING CONDITIONS MARKET MARKET ACCESS MARKET FAILURE MARKET FAILURES MARKET POTENTIAL MARKET POWER MEGACITIES MOBILITY OF LABOR OPPORTUNITY COST OPTIMUM OVERCROWDING PARTICIPATION POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL POWER POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY PRICE PRICE INDEX PRODUCT PRODUCT MARKET PRODUCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTS PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT RENT RESOURCES RETAIL ROAD ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROADS RURAL AREAS SALES SAVINGS SECONDARY CITIES SERVICES SETTLEMENT SEWERAGE SLUM SLUM DWELLERS SLUMS SOCIAL SURPLUS SOCIAL UNREST SPECIALIZATION SQUATTER SQUATTER SETTLEMENT SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS SQUATTERS STATE STOCK SUBSIDIZED HOUSING SUBSTITUTES SUPPLIERS SUPPLY SUPPLY CURVE SUPPLY CURVES SUPPLY FUNCTION TAX TOWNS TRADE POLICY TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT NETWORK TRUE URBAN AGGLOMERATION URBAN CONGESTION URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN DWELLERS URBAN ECONOMIES URBAN GROWTH URBAN ISSUES URBAN LABOR FORCE URBAN LAND URBAN MIGRATION URBAN POLICIES URBAN POLICY URBAN POPULATION URBAN SECTOR URBAN STRUCTURE URBANIZATION VALUE ZONING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/921651468149669044/Cities-engines-of-growth-and-prosperity-for-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28044

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Summary:	This paper reviews the evidence about the effects of urbanization and cities on productivity and economic growth in developing countries using a consistent theoretical framework. Just like in developed economies, there is strong evidence that cities in developing countries bolster productive efficiency. Regarding whether cities promote self-sustained growth, the evidence is suggestive but ultimately inconclusive. These findings imply that the traditional agenda of aiming to raise within-city efficiency should be continued. Furthermore, reducing the obstacles to the reallocation of factors across cities is also desirable.

Cities : Engines of Growth and Prosperity for Developing Countries?

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