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  1. Library Resource
    February, 2016
    India

    This paper complements the results of
    earlier work on factor misallocation. The paper first
    expands the methodology and provides two important
    decompositions for the main indices. The main result is that
    factor and output misallocation across districts is at least
    as important as misallocation within districts. Second, the
    paper provides an exploration of the service sector that
    complements earlier work on manufacturing. The analysis

  2. Library Resource

    Following 26 years of core housing consolidation and the struggle to achieve a sense of dignity

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2013
    South Africa

    This working paper by Tikvah Breimer previously of the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) and Mark Napier previously of Urban LandMark, analyses the provision of core housing in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, specifically taking into account the residents' response to the state's delivery of core housing. It aims to explore to what extent the South African government's approach to providing large-scale housing addresses the relevant demands in the context of rapid urbanisation.

  3. Library Resource
    February, 2014
    Mali, Western Africa

    This paper presents a new type of land
    market analysis relevant to cities with plural tenure
    systems as in West Africa. The methodology hinges on a
    systemic analysis of land delivery channels, which helps to
    show how land is initially made available for circulation,
    how tenure can be formalized incrementally, and the
    different means whereby households can access land. The
    analysis is applied to the area of Bamako in Mali, where

  4. Library Resource

    Facts and Analysis 2016

    Conference Papers & Reports
    September, 2016
    South Africa, India, China, Brazil

    This compendium and analysis of Cities in the BRICS countries were developed through a partnership between the South African Cities Network (SACN) and the South African Research Chair in Spatial Analysis and City Planning (SA&CP) at the University of the Witwatersrand. Since South Africa joined BRICS in 2010, multiple connections have been forged between South Africa and its alliance partners. However, although there is a growing volume of engagements, there is still inadequate knowledge and understanding across the BRICS.

  5. Library Resource

    Engines of Growth and Prosperity for Developing Countries?

    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2008

    This paper reviews the evidence about the effects of urbanization and cities on productivity and economic growth in developing countries using a consistent theoretical framework. Just like in developed economies, there is strong evidence that cities in developing countries bolster productive efficiency. Regarding whether cities promote self-sustained growth, the evidence is suggestive but ultimately inconclusive. These findings imply that the traditional agenda of aiming to raise within-city efficiency should be continued.

  6. Library Resource
    July, 2016

    Sustainable development goals (SDGs)
    placed access to basic services at the center of
    international development in 2016-2030. Out of 17 goals,
    five address the access of poor people to basic services: to
    health in SDG3, to education in SDG4, and SDG5, to water and
    sanitation in SDG6, to energy in SDG7, and to urban services
    in SDG11. The mutually reinforcing relationship between
    electricity access, economic development, and poverty

  7. Library Resource
    December, 2015

    The hub-periphery development pattern of
    the Guangdong economy, to some extent, is a miniature of
    that of the Chinese economy. The Pearl River Delta, drawing
    from its first-nature comparative advantages in factor
    endowments and proximity to Hong Kong SAR, China, and Macau
    SAR, China, and the second-nature advantages as first-movers
    in the reforms in attracting and retaining domestic and
    foreign resources, has developed into a regional economic

  8. Library Resource

    An overview of capturing and allocating value created through the development of transport infrastructure in South Africa

    Conference Papers & Reports
    January, 2012
    South Africa

    Cities attribute much of their economic expansion to the development of transit systems that link people efficiently to jobs. However, many of South Africa's cities lack modern mass transit systems for transporting commuters. Partly as a result, South Africans, especially low-income workers, spend a high share of their disposable income on transport.

  9. Library Resource
    May, 2016

    This paper examines the spatial
    organization of jobs in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda,
    and applies the Lucas and Rossi-Hansberg (2002) model to
    explain the observed patterns in terms of the agglomeration
    forces and the commuting costs of workers. The paper
    suggests that: (i) Economic activities are concentrated in
    the downtown -- beyond which employment is spatially
    dispersed. (ii) Geographically weighted regressions identify

  10. Library Resource
    July, 2016

    The project took place in Katima Mulilo and Rundu during 2007-11. The project consisted of 66 township extensions, and resulted in 18,500 plots developed in a period of 5 years. The project was funded by LUX Development, the cooperation agency from Luxemburg, which poured significant funds to make the project possible. One of the innovation aspects was to do the topographic and cadastral mapping in parallel with the layout and design. This was done by teams consisting of a town planner, a surveyor , and community facilitators selected by the inhabitants of the settlement in question.

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