Connecting Cities with Macro-economic Concerns (Record no. 15729)
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| control field | 1341 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | The World Bank |
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| fixed length control field | 020129s2003 dcu o i001 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0821356739 |
| Terms of availability | 14.99 USD |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| Cancelled/invalid ISBN | 9780821356739 |
| 024 8# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER | |
| Standard number or code | 10.1596/0-8213-5673-9 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (The World Bank)1341 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Freire, Mila |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Connecting Cities with Macro-economic Concerns |
| Medium | [electronic resource] |
| Remainder of title | The Missing Link |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Freire, Mila |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Washington, D.C. : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | The World Bank, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2003 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (200 p.) |
| 520 3# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | 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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| -- | Description based on print version record. |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Banks and Banking Reform |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | City Development Strategies |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Communities & Human Settlements |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Finance and Financial Sector Development |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Municipal Financial Management |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Public Sector Management and Reform |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Transport |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Transport Economics, Policy and Planning |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Urban Development |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Freire, Mila |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Polèse, Mario |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Main entry heading | Print Version: |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780821356739 |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | World Bank e-Library. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/0-8213-5673-9">http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/0-8213-5673-9</a> |
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