Many cities in developing economies, particularly in Africa, are experiencing urbanization without industrialization. This paper conceptualizes this in a framework in which a city can produce non-tradable goods and -- if it is sufficiently competitive -- also internationally tradable goods, potentially subject to increasing returns to scale. A city is unlikely to produce tradables if it faces high urban and hinterland demand for non-tradables, or...
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2017/01/23
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS7950
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1
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2017/01/23
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Disclosed
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Breaking into tradables : urban form and urban function in a developing city
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urban cost of living