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The currently emerging cities have the potential to be either the greatest drivers of growth or the largest group of missed opportunities for the developing world.

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  • IGC evidence paper – Cities (Draft) Gharad Bryan, Edward Glaeser, Nick Tsivanidis

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  • Making the most of urban land Paul Collier, Michael Blake, Priya Manwaring

    Land is a city’s most valuable resource, but is liable to be badly misused.  As cities grow, land risks becoming occupied without coordination or supporting infrastructure,...

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  • Financing fast-growing cities Astrid Haas, Paul Collier

    Many developing country cities are growing at an unprecedented rate. To respond to this unplanned, rapid expansion, it will be beneficial for city authorities both to expand...

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  • Growth brief: Contagion, crime, and congestion –... Edward Glaeser, Helen Dempster

    With rapid urbanisation in the developing world comes contagion, crime, and congestion. Overcoming these is one of the great policy challenges of the 21st century. This brief...

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  • Cities that Work

    An IGC initiative for more effective urban policy.

  • Urban Myanmar Tim Dobermann

    Cities conjure a sense of commotion. They can be hives of economic activity and interaction or centres of congestion and crime. Today, the majority of the world’s population...

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    Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics

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    London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

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    Assistant Professor

    University of California - Berkeley

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