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Connecting Cities with Macro-economic Concerns : The Missing Link (2003)

Freire, Mila [Verfasser] ; Polèse, Mario [Sonstige] ; Freire, Mila [Sonstige]

Washington, D.C : The World Bank

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (200 Seiten))

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ISBN: 0821356739 , 9780821356739

Content: This book examines the influence of local public services on the economics of cities. The relationship between economic development and urbanization is indisputable; less clear, however, are the ways in which cities directly contribute to economic growth and employment creation. Current economic thinking holds that the ability of cities to create wealth depends on "agglomeration economies;" that is, the geographic concentration of industries and people which enables economic actors to come together, interact, and become productive. However, this ability to promote productive interaction depends on several factors, one of which is the provision of local public services. The book argues that the quality of local services significantly influences the productivity of a city, and of its business firms. Inferior local services increase the cost of interaction, erode the effects of agglomeration, and diminish wealth-creation potential. This study attempts to assess the costs of inferior local public services to firms. Based on surveys conducted in five cities-Belo Horizonte (Brazil), Montreal (Canada), Puebla (Mexico), San José (Costa Rica), and San Salvador (El Salvador)-it examines the complex issues surrounding local service provision, and illustrates how inferior local services affect firms and, in turn, the ability of firms to contribute to wealth

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Connecting cities with macroeconomic concerns : the missing link : do local public services matter? : a case study of five cities (2003)

Freire, Mila. ; Polese, Mario, 1943- ; Echeverria, Pamela.

Washington, D.C. :World Bank,

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Format: 1 online resource (200 pages)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-280-08603-3 , 9786610086030 , 0-585-48597-6

Series Statement: World Bank e-Library.

Content: This book examines the influence of local public services on the economics of cities. The relationship between economic development and urbanization is indisputable; less clear, however, are the ways in which cities directly contribute to economic growth and employment creation. Current economic thinking holds that the ability of cities to create wealth depends on "agglomeration economies;" that is, the geographic concentration of industries and people which enables economic actors to come together, interact, and become productive. However, this ability to promote productive interaction depends on several factors, one of which is the provision of local public services. The book argues that the quality of local services significantly influences the productivity of a city, and of its business firms. Inferior local services increase the cost of interaction, erode the effects of agglomeration, and diminish wealth-creation potential. This study attempts to assess the costs of inferior local public services to firms. Based on surveys conducted in five cities-Belo Horizonte (Brazil), Montreal (Canada), Puebla (Mexico), San Jose (Costa Rica), and San Salvador (El Salvador)-it examines the complex issues surrounding local service provision, and illustrates how inferior local services affect firms and, in turn, the ability of firms to contribute to wealth.

Note: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph , Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Cities, Agglomeration Economies, Local Public Services and Economic Growth -- Chapter 2 Research Strategy and Methodology -- Chapter 3 The Impact of Inferior Localized Public Services. Qualitative Analysis: Discussion Group Results. -- Chapter 4 The Impact of Inferior Localized Public Services: Survey Results. -- Summary of Major Conclusions and Findings. -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8213-5673-9

Language: English

DOI: 10.1596/0-8213-5673-9

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Connecting Cities with Macro-economic Concerns : The Missing Link (2003)

Freire, Mila. ; Freire, Mila. ; Polese, Mario.

Washington, D.C. :The World Bank,

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Format: 1 online resource (200 pages)

ISBN: 0821356739

Series Statement: World Bank e-Library.

Content: This book examines the influence of local public services on the economics of cities. The relationship between economic development and urbanization is indisputable; less clear, however, are the ways in which cities directly contribute to economic growth and employment creation. Current economic thinking holds that the ability of cities to create wealth depends on "agglomeration economies;" that is, the geographic concentration of industries and people which enables economic actors to come together, interact, and become productive. However, this ability to promote productive interaction depends on several factors, one of which is the provision of local public services. The book argues that the quality of local services significantly influences the productivity of a city, and of its business firms. Inferior local services increase the cost of interaction, erode the effects of agglomeration, and diminish wealth-creation potential. This study attempts to assess the costs of inferior local public services to firms. Based on surveys conducted in five cities-Belo Horizonte (Brazil), Montreal (Canada), Puebla (Mexico), San Jose (Costa Rica), and San Salvador (El Salvador)-it examines the complex issues surrounding local service provision, and illustrates how inferior local services affect firms and, in turn, the ability of firms to contribute to wealth.

Additional Edition: Print Version: ISBN 9780821356739

Language: English

URL: http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/0-8213-5673-9

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Connecting Cities with Macroeconomic Concerns : The Missing Link (2013)

Freire, Mila ; Pol??se, Mario ; Echeverria, Pamela

Washington, DC : World Bank

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Format: Online-Ressource

ISBN: 0821356739

Content: Urban growth is, in all parts of the world, inevitable and welcomed. Despite concerns that local governments will not be able to address those issues associated with increased urban population, the number of people living in urban centers will sur-pass those of the rural population by 2030. Since productivity levels are consistently higher in urban areas than in rural settings, this would seem a reason to rejoice since it suggests more people with higher salaries, better standards of living, and less poverty. But will this be the reality, or will the nightmare of hopeless poverty overshadow the positive feelings of economic wealth and progress? This disjunction between the wonders of the city and the horrors facing the homeless poor is at the core of any professional work on economic development and urban management issues. On one hand, everyone agrees that cities are wonderful instruments of change, culture, motivation and progress. Cities are also at the core of democratic progress. Local government elections offer a laboratory in which citizens can exercise their rights to political action. The importance of cities throughout human civilization is well demonstrated by the protection they enjoyed during humanity's most violent periods, and this often at the expense of the rural sector. On the other hand, cities are often unable to adequately answer to the needs of newcomers. Deficits in housing, water and sanitation have an immediate impact on environmental degradation, health indicators, child mortality, and the self-esteem of city inhabitants. City managers and mayors must deal with this disjunction, and make decisions without adequate resources. They face challenges that range from shrewdly handling municipal finances, to providing extended services in an effort to reach the poor.

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