Publication: Growing through Cities in Developing Countries
| dc.contributor.author | Duranton, Gilles | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-08-04T19:22:44Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-08-04T19:22:44Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-02 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper examines the effects of urbanization on development and growth. It begins with a labor market perspective and emphasizes the importance of agglomeration economies, both static and dynamic. It then argues that more productive jobs in cities do not exist in a void and underscores the importance of job and firm dynamics. In turn, these dynamics are shaped by the broader characteristics of urban systems. A number of conclusions are drawn. First, agglomeration effects are quantitatively important and pervasive. Second, the productive advantage of large cities is constantly eroded and must be sustained by new job creation and innovation. Third, this process of creative destruction in cities, which is fundamental for aggregate growth, is determined in part by the characteristics of urban systems and broader institutional features. We highlight important differences between developing countries and more advanced economies. A major challenge for developing countries is to reinforce the role of their urban systems as drivers of economic growth. | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | World Bank Research Observer | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1596/24808 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1564-6971 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10986/24808 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | World Bank Research Observer | |
| dc.rights | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO | |
| dc.rights.holder | World Bank | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo | |
| dc.subject | cities | |
| dc.subject | city size | |
| dc.subject | city productivity | |
| dc.subject | economic development | |
| dc.subject | innovative cities | |
| dc.subject | industrialization | |
| dc.subject | transportation infrastructure | |
| dc.subject | unemployment | |
| dc.subject | urban development | |
| dc.subject | urban governance | |
| dc.subject | urban growth | |
| dc.subject | urban life | |
| dc.subject | urban population | |
| dc.subject | urbanization | |
| dc.title | Growing through Cities in Developing Countries | en |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en |
| dc.type | Article de journal | fr |
| dc.type | ArtÃculo de revista | es |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| okr.associatedcontent | https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/17734 Working paper version (pre-print) | |
| okr.date.disclosure | 2016-08-01 | |
| okr.date.doiregistration | 2025-05-06T10:59:13.224923Z | |
| okr.doctype | Publications & Research::Journal Article | |
| okr.doctype | Publications & Research | |
| okr.identifier.doi | 10.1093/wbro/lku006 | |
| okr.journal.nbpages | 39-73 | |
| okr.language.supported | en | |
| okr.peerreview | Academic Peer Review | |
| okr.topic | Social Protections and Labor::Labor Markets | |
| okr.topic | Urban Development::City Development Strategies | |
| okr.topic | Urban Development::Municipal Housing and Land | |
| okr.topic | Urban Development::Transport in Urban Areas | |
| okr.topic | Transport::Transport Economics Policy & Planning | |
| okr.volume | 30(1) | |
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