Urbanization and growth / edited by Michael Spence, Patricia Clarke Annez, and Robert M. Buckley ; contributions by Michael Spence ... [and others].

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TextSeries: World Bank e-LibraryPublisher: Washington, DC : Commission on Growth and Development : World Bank, [2009]Copyright date: copyright 2009Description: xxx, 255 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cmContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0821375733
0821375741 (electronic)
9780821375730
9780821375747 (electronic)

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Additional physical formats: Print Version:DDC classification:

330.9173/2 22

LOC classification:

HT321 .U338 2009

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Contents:

Urbanization and growth : setting the context / Patricia Clarke Annez and Robert M. Buckley -- Rethinking economic growth in a globalizing world : an economic geography lens / Anthony J. Venables -- Are cities engines of growth and prosperity for developing countries? / Gilles Duranton -- Urbanization, agglomeration, and economic development / John M. Quigley -- Spatial inequality and economic development : theories, facts, and policies / Sukkoo Kim -- Housing policy in developing countries : the importance of the informal economy / Richard Arnott -- The U.S. subprime mortgage crisis : issues raised and lessons learned / Dwight M. Jaffee.

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