In OECD countries, metropolitan areas often enjoy above-average rates of growth; they compete for foreign direct investment, have a leading position in the knowledge-based economy, and attract a disproportionately large share of immigrants. Yet they also are burdened with many problems including...

Projektkonzept - Die Großstädte zwischen kommunaler Selbstverwaltung und staatlicher Rahmensteuerung - Die sozioökonomische Entwicklung der größten deutschen Städte von 1990-2000 - Felder und Ausprägungen großstädtischer Modernisierungspolitik - Das andere Regieren großer Städte

A common premise in both the theoretical and policy literatures on development is that people remain poor because they are too impatient to save and too risk averse to take the sort of chances needed to accumulate wealth. The empirical literature, however, suggests that this assumption is far...