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Leveraging the Potential of Argentine Cities: A Framework for Policy Action

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dc.contributor.authorMuzzini, Elisa
dc.contributor.authorEraso Puig, Beatriz
dc.contributor.authorAnapolsky, Sebastian
dc.contributor.authorLonnberg, Tara
dc.contributor.authorMora, Viviana
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-02T20:00:33Z
dc.date.available2016-05-02T20:00:33Z
dc.date.issued2016-10-18
dc.description.abstractArgentina’s path to economic prosperity is through efficient, sustainable and economically thriving cities. Not only are cities a spatial concentration of people, but also they generate agglomeration economies by concentrating ideas, talent, and knowledge. Argentina is one of the most urbanized countries in Latin America, with 90 percent of Argentine people currently living in cities. Argentina’s cities are geographically and economically diverse, and its largest urban area – Metropolitan Buenos Aires – is one of Latin America’s urban giants. Argentine cities need to address three main challenges to leverage their economic potential. Argentina’s current patterns of urban development are characterized by (a) high primacy and unbalanced regional development, (b) limited global economic footprint of urban economies, with employment concentrated in nontradable and resource intensive sectors, and (c) unplanned low-density urban expansion. Argentine cities thus face the challenges of moving toward a more balanced regional development, transitioning from local to global cities, and from urban sprawl to articulated densities to take full advantage of the benefits of agglomeration economies. To address these challenges, Argentina needs the leadership of the federal government; the coordinating power of provinces; and the capacity of empowered, financially sound municipalities. Argentine cities also need system-wide policy reforms in areas such as territorial planning, municipal finance, housing, urban transport, and local economic development. Leveraging the Potential of Argentine Cities: A Framework for Policy Action aims to deepen our empirical understanding of the interplay between urbanization and agglomeration economies in Argentina by asking the following: (a) What are the main trends and spatial patterns of Argentina’s urbanization that underlie agglomeration economies?, (b) Are urban policies leveraging or undermining the benefits of agglomeration economies?, and (c) Are Argentine cities fully reaping the benefits of agglomeration economies to deliver improvements in prosperity and livability? By addressing such questions and exploring their implications for action, this study provides a conceptual framework, empirical data, and strategic directions for leveraging the potential of Argentine cities.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/978-1-4648-0840-1
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-4648-0840-1
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/24185
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDirections in Development--Countries and Regions;
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAGGLOMERATION
dc.subjectCITIES
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectCITY COMPETITIVENESS
dc.subjectTERRITORIAL PLANNING
dc.subjectMUNICIPAL FINANCE
dc.subjectURBAN POVERTY
dc.subjectURBAN TRANSPORT
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectURBAN ECONOMY
dc.subjectTRADABLE
dc.subjectLOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.titleLeveraging the Potential of Argentine Citiesen
dc.title.subtitleA Framework for Policy Actionen
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okr.date.disclosure2016-06-23
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-15T11:48:34.609619Z
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okr.identifier.report109359
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okr.region.countryArgentina
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Demographics
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Spatial and Local Economic Development
okr.topicUrban Development::City Development Strategies
okr.topicUrban Development::National Urban Development Policies and Strategies
okr.topicTransport::Transport Economics Policy & Planning
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