"This book provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in the area of urbanization and its impact on socio-economic growth of the developing regions of Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. It explores the emerging tools of urbanization designed...

Since 1980, US wage growth has been fastest in large cities. Empirically, we show that most of this urban-biased growth reflects wage growth at large Business Services firms, which are also the most intensive users of information and communications technology (ICT) capital in the US economy. We...

The pursuit of economic growth is at the top of every nation's policy agenda at the end of the 20th century. This authoritative and comprehensive book goes beyond the narrowly-based convergence model of economic growth by considering global, national and regional patterns of growth from a...