Urban policy and economic development : an agenda for the 1990s.

Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©1991.

vi, 87 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

A World Bank policy paper, 1014-8124

This paper analyzes the fiscal, financial and real sector linkages between urban economic activities and macroeconomic performance. It builds on this analysis to propose a policy framework and strategy that will redefine the urban challenge in developing countries. First, the developing countries, the international community, and the World Bank should move toward a broader view of urban issues, a view that moves beyond housing and residential infrastructure, and that emphasizes the productivity of the urban economy and the need to alleviate the constraints on productivity. Second, with urban poverty increasing, the productivity of the urban poor should be enhanced by increasing the demand for labor and improving access to basic infrastructure and social services. Third, more attention should be devoted to reversing the deterioration of the urban environment. Fourth, the serious gap in understanding urban issues must be closed. With the decline in urban research during the 1980s, few countries have a sound analytical basis for urban policy.

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Urban policy Developing countries.
Urbanization Developing countries.
Politique urbaine Pays en voie de développement.
Urbanisation Pays en voie de développement.
Economic policy.
Social policy.
Urban policy.
Urbanization.
Stedelijke economie.
Developing countries Economic policy.
Developing countries Social policy.
Pays en voie de développement Politique économique.
Pays en voie de développement Politique sociale.
Developing countries.

World Bank.
World Bank policy paper.

Location: Library main 223617
Call No.: HT149.5 .U7 1991
Status: Available