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Agglomeration, Urbanization and Employment Growth in Ghana : Evidence from an Industry-District Panel

Kerr, Andrew - 2019

In this paper the impact of various agglomerative forces on employment growth in Ghanaian manufacturing is investigated, using data from two firm censuses, as well as population census and trade data. The study is the first to use nationally representative firm data that covers the formal and...

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Barriers to the Implementation of Environmental Policies at the Local Level in China

Kostka, Genia - 2017

-at-any-cost model to a resource-efficient and sustainable one. The immense challenges of rapid urbanization are one aspect of the …

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Demography, Urbanization and Development : Rural Push, Urban Pull and... Urban Push?

Jedwab, Remi - 2017

Developing countries have urbanized rapidly since 1950. To explain urbanization, standard models emphasize rural … developing countries? rapid urban growth and urbanization may also be linked to demographic factors, such as rapid internal urban … and displays strong associations with urban congestion, providing additional insight into the phenomenon of urbanization …

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Are Cities the New Growth Escalator?

Moretti, Enrico - 2017

Urban areas tend to have much more productive labor and higher salaries than rural areas, and there are vast differences across urban areas. Areas with high salaries and high productivity tend to have employers that invest in much more research and development than areas with low salaries and...

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Analyzing Urban Systems : Have Megacities Become Too Large?

Desmet, Klaus - 2017

The trend toward ever greater urbanization continues unabated across the globe. According to the United Nations, by …

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Growing Through Cities in Developing Countries

Duranton, Gilles - 2017

This paper examines the effects of urbanization on development and growth. It begins with a labor market perspective …

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Farther on Down the Road : Transport Costs, Trade and Urban Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

Storeygard, Adam - 2017

Transport costs are widely considered an important barrier to local economic activity but their impact in developing countries is not well-studied. This paper investigates the role of inter-city transport costs in determining the income of Sub-Saharan African cities, using two new data sources....

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Leveraging Land to Enable Urban Transformation : Lessons from Global Experience

Lozano-Gracia, Nancy - 2017

Around the world, in both developed and developing countries, policy makers use a variety of tools to manage and accommodate urban growth and redevelopment. Government officials have three main concerns in terms of land policy: (i) accommodating urban expansion, (ii) providing infrastructure,...

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Managing the Coordination of Service Delivery in Metropolitan Cities : The Role of Metropolitan Governance

Slack, Enid - 2016

This paper examines different models of governing structure found in metropolitan areas around the world. It evaluates how well these models achieve the coordination of service delivery over the entire metropolitan area as well as the extent to which they result in the equitable sharing of costs...

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The Informal City

Selod, Harris - 2018

This paper proposes a theory of urban land use with endogenous property rights. Socially heterogeneous households compete for where to live in the city and choose the type of property rights they purchase from a land administration which collects fees in inequitable ways. The model generates...

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