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Leveraging the Potential of Argentine Cities

A Framework for Policy Action

By: Elisa Muzzini,Beatriz Eraso Puig,Sebastian Anapolsky,Tara Lonnberg,Viviana Mora

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Leveraging the Potential of Argentine Cities

A Framework for Policy Action

By: Elisa Muzzini,Beatriz Eraso Puig,Sebastian Anapolsky,Tara Lonnberg,Viviana Mora

Argentina’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.

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1464808414

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Urban Growth and Spatial Transition in Nepal

An Initial Assessment

By: Elisa Muzzini,Gabriela Aparicio

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Urban Growth and Spatial Transition in Nepal

An Initial Assessment

By: Elisa Muzzini,Gabriela Aparicio

This book carries out an initial assessment of Nepal s urban growth and spatial transformation, with a focus on spatial demographic and economic trends, economic growth drivers and infrastructure requirements of Nepal s urban regions.

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0821396617

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9780821396612

Consumer Participation in Infrastructure Regulation

Evidence from the East Asia and Pacific Region

By: Elisa Muzzini

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Consumer Participation in Infrastructure Regulation

Evidence from the East Asia and Pacific Region

By: Elisa Muzzini

Consumer Participation in Infrastructure Regulation draws on results of a survey questionnaire conducted among 45 infrastructure regulators in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region. It finds that EAP regulators have successfully begun to involve consumers in the regulatory process: consumer representation is a well-established practice in the region; and regulators draw on standard mechanisms to inform consumers, resolve consumer complaints, and solicit consumer input. However, regulators must take further actions to firmly move up the ?ladder of consumer engagement,? from merely providing in.

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0821363816

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Bangladesh

The Path to Middle-Income Status from an Urban Perspective

By: Elisa Muzzini,Gabriela Aparicio

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Bangladesh

The Path to Middle-Income Status from an Urban Perspective

By: Elisa Muzzini,Gabriela Aparicio

Bangladesh seeks to attain middle-income status by 2021. To accelerate growth enough to do so, Bangladesh needs to build a competitive urban space that is innovative, connected and livable. This book identifies what is unique about Bangladesh's process of urbanization and examines the implications for economic growth.

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0821398652

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Leveraging the Potential of Argentine Cities

A Framework for Policy Action

By: Elisa Muzzini,Beatriz Eraso Puig,Sebastian Anapolsky,Tara Lonnberg,Viviana Mora

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Leveraging the Potential of Argentine Cities

A Framework for Policy Action

By: Elisa Muzzini,Beatriz Eraso Puig,Sebastian Anapolsky,Tara Lonnberg,Viviana Mora

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Urban Growth and Spatial Transition in Nepal

An Initial Assessment

By: Elisa Muzzini,Gabriela Aparicio

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Urban Growth and Spatial Transition in Nepal

An Initial Assessment

By: Elisa Muzzini,Gabriela Aparicio

Nepal: Urban Growth and Spatial Transition carries out an initial assessment of Nepal's urban growth and spatial transformation, with a focus on spatial demographic and economic trends, economic growth drivers and infrastructure requirements of Nepal's urban regions. The book notes that Nepal is the fastest urbanizing country in South Asia. The spatial transformation is characterized by fast growing population density in the Kathmandu Valley - Nepal's largest urban conurbation -, along the main highways and close to the border with India, and clustering of economic production in the Kathmandu Valley and in the Eastern and Western Tarai. Yet, urbanization has been less correlated with economic growth in Nepal than in other countries in South Asia. In spite of its remarkable progress in alleviating poverty, Nepal is caught up in a cycle of political instability and economic stagnation, with economic growth below 4 percent per annum over the last decade. Urban areas have distinct comparative advantage in cultural tourism services, crafts, and agro-processing, but they have not been able to turn them into competitive advantages. Lack of effective planning, and inadequate infrastructure are a major constraint for urban growth and competitiveness. Nepal needs to foster the sustainable growth of its urban regions, promote the development and regeneration of the Kathmandu Valley Metropolitan Region and enhance the competitiveness of strategic urban clusters - first and foremost tourism, agro-processing and handicraft - to unlock urban-based growth and ensure the sustainability of the spatial transformation.The study aims to stimulate evidence-based policy dialogue on Nepal's urban transition, and assist those working in the critical area for Nepal's economic development – the Government, the private sector, civil society and the development partners - in framing policies and interventions for addressing the challenges, and seizing the benefits of rapid urbanization.

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0821396595

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9780821396599

Consumer Participation in Infrastructure Regulation

Evidence from the East Asia and Pacific Region

By: Elisa Muzzini

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Evidence from the East Asia and Pacific Region

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Urban Growth and Spatial Transition in Nepal

An Initial Assessment

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An Initial Assessment

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Leveraging the Potential of Argentine Cities

Leveraging the Potential of Argentine Cities

Urban Growth and Spatial Transition in Nepal

Urban Growth and Spatial Transition in Nepal

Consumer Participation in Infrastructure Regulation

Consumer Participation in Infrastructure Regulation

Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Leveraging the Potential of Argentine Cities

Leveraging the Potential of Argentine Cities

Urban Growth and Spatial Transition in Nepal

Urban Growth and Spatial Transition in Nepal

Consumer Participation in Infrastructure Regulation

Consumer Participation in Infrastructure Regulation

Urban Growth and Spatial Transition in Nepal

Urban Growth and Spatial Transition in Nepal

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