Connecting cities with macroeconomic concerns : the missing link : do local public services matter? : a case study of five cities / Mila Freire and Mario Polèse, with the assistance of Pamela Echeverria.
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TextPublication details: Montréal, Québec : Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Urbanisation, Culture et Société ; Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, c2003.Description: x, 124 p. : color ill. ; 23 cmISBN: - 0821356739
- Urban economics
- Community development, Urban
- Urban policy
- City planning
- Municipal services
- Belo Horizonte (Brazil) -- Economic conditions
- Montréal (Québec) -- Economic conditions
- Puebla de Zaragoza (Mexico) -- Economic conditions
- San José (Costa Rica) -- Economic conditions
- San Salvador (El Salvador) -- Economic conditions
- HT321 .F74 2003
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [83]-87).
"This book examines the influence of local public services on the economics of cities. The relationship between economic development and urbanization is indisputable; less clear, however, are the ways in which cities directly contribute to economic growth and employment creation. Current economic thinking holds that the ability of cities to create wealth depends on "agglomeration economies;" that is, the geographic concentration of industries and people which enables economic actors to come together, interact, and become productive. However, this ability to promote productive interaction depends on several factors, one of which is the provision of local public services."--BOOK JACKET.
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