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Metropolitan industrial clusters : patterns and processes
Koo, Jun - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523362
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Enhancing Urban Resilience in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area
World Bank - 2017
The Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) is one of the fastest-growing city regions in West Africa. GAMA is exposed to recurrent shocks and stresses on top of numerous developmental challenges and climate change issues that threaten development gains. The deadly floods of June 2015 are a...
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Stepping Up Skills for More Jobs and Higher Productivity
World Bank - 2010
This report presents a framework - Skills Toward Employment and Productivity (STEP), that provides a simple yet …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247285
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The economics of urbanization and urban policies in developing countries : [a World Bank symposium]
Tolley, George S. (ed.); Thomas, Vinod (ed.) - 1987 - 1. print.
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Economics of uniqueness : investing in historic city cores and cultural heritage assets for sustainable development
Licciardi, Guido (contributor);  … - 2012
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Universities as drivers of the urban economies in Asia : the case of Vietnam
Tran, Ngoc Ca - 2006
"This study looks at the contribution of the university system in Vietnam to the socioeconomic development in general, and their relationship with firms, dynamic actors of the economy in particular. The study uses different methods of research, from reliance on secondary data to interviews with...
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Cities in a globalizing world : governance, performance, and sustainability
Léautier, Frannie (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522377
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Examining the growth patterns of Brazilian cities
Da Mata, Daniel - 2005
economic dynamics and income generation among 123 urban agglomerations. Incomes are higher in larger agglomerations and in the … South, but there is some indication of regional convergence with higher rates of income growth in poorer areas. In … of correlates of labor supply, as measured by population growth and economic productivity, which is proxied by changes in …
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Determinants of city growth in Brazil
Da Mata, Daniel - 2005
"The authors examine the determinants of Brazilian city growth between 1970 and 2000. They consider a model of a city that combines aspects of standard urban economics and the new economic geography literatures. For the empirical analysis, the authors construct a dataset of 123 Brazilian...
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