Cities in a Globalizing World : Governance, Performance, and Sustainability
This book contributes to the empirical and theoretical analysis of the performance of cities in a globalizing world, bringing together a range of perspectives on the policy implications for urban management. It provides guidance for policymakers on...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/01/6555415/cities-globalizing-world-governance-performance-sustainability http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6930 |
| Summary: | This book contributes to the empirical
and theoretical analysis of the performance of cities in a
globalizing world, bringing together a range of perspectives
on the policy implications for urban management. It provides
guidance for policymakers on ways of capitalizing on the
global economy that will make the most of the cities
resources and managerial infrastructure as well as guiding
investment and policy for the future. The book provides
examples of how conflicts can be managed between individual
and collective interests, such as the extensive
environmental and social consultation undertaken in the
planning and implementation of the Jamuna Bridge in
Bangladesh, which now joins cities that had never seen daily
connection between people in markets. The authors present
empirical evidence that suggests that good governance and
globalization tend to improve city-level performance in both
the access to services as well as the quality of delivery of
services which allows cities to translate global opportunity
into local value for their citizens. This research also
raises difficult questions of causality: does more
globalization cause better governance, or vice versa? The
authors look particularly at African cities to examine
similarities with and differences from cities elsewhere.
Their research suggests that Africa faces the challenge of
improving both the quality of the management of its cities
and their governance, so that they can offer services that
will attract foreign investment while continuing to serve
the needs of their residents and their regional economies. |
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