TY  - BOOK
AU  - Freire,Mila
AU  - Polèse,Mario
AU  - Echeverria,Pamela
ED  - World Bank.
ED  - INRS-Urbanisation, culture et société.
TI  - Connecting cities with macroeconomic concerns: the missing link : do local public services matter? : a case study of five cities 
SN  - 0821356739
AV  - HT321 .F74 2003
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Montréal, Québec, Washington, D.C.
PB  - Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Urbanisation, Culture et Société, The World Bank
KW  - Urban economics
KW  - Community development, Urban
KW  - Urban policy
KW  - City planning
KW  - Municipal services
KW  - Belo Horizonte (Brazil)
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Montréal (Québec)
KW  - Puebla de Zaragoza (Mexico)
KW  - San José (Costa Rica)
KW  - San Salvador (El Salvador)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [83]-87)
N2  - "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."--BOOK JACKET
ER  -