Author: Spence, Michael

Place: Washington, DC

Publisher: Commission on growth and Development

Year: 2009

Pages: 255

ISBN: 9780821375730

Subject: Urbanisation

Sub-Subject: Urban Development

Keyword: Urbanisation and Growth, Economic Development

Classification: 307.1416

Accession No: B791

Contents: Contents : Preface; Workshop participants; Chapter Summaries; about the editors and contributors; acknowledgements; abbreviations; 1. Urbanization and growth : setting the context by Patricia Clarke Annez and Robert M. Buckley; 2. Rethinking economic growth in a globalizing world : an economic geography lens by Anthony J. Venables; 3. Are cities engines of growth and prosperity for developing countries? by Gilles Duranton; 4. Urbanization, Agglomeration, and economic development by John. M. Quigley; 5. Spatial inequality and economic development : theories, facts, and policies by Sukkoo Kim; 6. Housing policy in developing Countries : the importance of the informal economy by Richard Arnott; 7. The U.S. Subprime Mortgage Crises : Issues Raised and lessons Learned by Dwight M. Jaffee; Index; Boxes; Figures; Tables.