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020			_a9781464812705 _c45.00 USD
020			_z9781464812583
035			_a(The World Bank)211258
040			_aDJBF _beng _cDJBF _erda
100	1		_aFerreyra, Maria. _927388
245	1	0	_aRaising the Bar for Productive Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean / _cMaria Ferreyra.
264		1	_aWashington, D.C. : _bThe World Bank, _c2009.
300			_a1 online resource (218 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
490	1		_aLatin America and Caribbean Studies
520	3		_aWith more than 70 percent of its population living in cities, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is among the most urbanized regions in the world. Yet, although its cities are, on average, more productive than those elsewhere in the world, their productivity lags that of North American and Western European cities. Closing this gap provides LAC with the opportunity to raise living standards and join the ranks of the world's richest countries.Raising the Bar: Cities and Productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean is about the productivity of cities in LAC and the factors that help to explain its determination. Based on original empirical research, the report documents the high levels of population density and other features of LAC cities that mark them out from those in the rest of the world. The report also studies the role of three key factors - urban form, skills, and access to markets - in determining the productivity of LAC cities. It shows that while excessive congestion forces and inadequate metropolitan coordination seem to be stifling the benefits of agglomeration, LAC cities benefit from strong human capital externalities. It also finds that, within individual LAC countries, cities are poorly integrated with one another, which contributes to large differences in performance across cities and undermines their aggregate contribution to productivity at the national level.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		4	_aAgglomeration Economies _927389
650		4	_aCities _927390
650		4	_aCongestion _927391
650		4	_aDensity _927392
650		4	_aHuman Capital Externalities _927393
650		4	_aInstitutional Fragmentation _927394
650		4	_aMarket Access _927395
650		4	_aProductivity _927396
650		4	_aSystem Of Cities _927397
650		4	_aTransportation _927398
650		4	_aUrban _927399
650		4	_aUrban Form _927400
700	1		_aFerreyra, Maria. _927388
776	0	8	_aPrint Version: _z9781464812583
830		0	_aWorld Bank e-Library. _927401
856	4	0	_uhttp://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-1-4648-1258-3
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