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Cities that Work launch event at the World Bank

Video 20 Mar 2018 Cities and Cities that Work

The IGC's Cities that Work initiative was publicly launched at the World Bank on 7 September 2017 with a panel discussing the topic 'Research into Policy to Support Well-Managed Urbanisation’, featuring: Francisco Ferreira (World Bank); Ed Glaeser (IGC and Harvard University); Jennifer Musisi (Kampala Capital City Authority); Tony Venables (IGC and Oxford University); Sameh Wahba (World Bank).

Authors

Edward Glaeser

Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics, Harvard University

Jennifer Musisi

Senior Advisor, Harvard Kennedy School of Government

Tony Venables

Professor of Economics, University of Manchester

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