Overview and outline / Munawwar Alam -- State of municipal finance in Commonwealth developing countries -- Tanzania : the case of Dar es Salaam -- Uganda : the case of Kampala -- Pakistan : the case of Karachi -- Bangladesh : the case of Dhaka -- Innovative approaches to municipal infrastructure...

This paper examines the effects of urbanization on development and growth. It begins with a labor market perspective and emphasizes the importance of agglomeration economies, both static and dynamic. It then argues that more productive jobs in cities do not exist in a void and underscores the...