introduction to the Old World from the Americas, to estimate the impact of potatoes on Old World population and urbanization. Our … urbanization observed during the 18th and 19th centuries …

Could urbanization lead to more democracy and better government for the mega-cities of the developing world? This paper …. Urbanization may improve the quality of poor-world governments, but more research is needed to draw that conclusion … reviews three channels through which urbanization may generate political change. First, cities facilitate coordinated public …

premium appears to have disappeared for less skilled workers. The cities of the developing world are growing particularly …

The fast and often chaotic urbanization of the developing world generates both economic opportunity and challenges …, we review the expanding body of economic research on developing world cities. One strand of this literature emphasizes … systems in the far more fluid cities of the developing world …

China urbanization is associated with both increases in per-capita income and greenhouse gas emissions. This paper uses …

and classical Rome, just as they are today in Sao Paulo and Lagos. Our urban past provides lessons for developing world … world's largest cities, and that fact remains true for many developing world mega-cities today. The second lesson is that …, alienate, mortgage and rent, that are far more limited in many developing world cities. The fifth lesson is that there is a …

higher in developing-world cities than in rural areas, and historically urbanization is strongly correlated with economic … growth. Education seems to be a strong complement to urbanization, and entrepreneurial human capital correlates strongly with …