Leveraging Urbanization in South Asia: Managing Spatial Transformation for Prosperity and Livability
Provides empirical and diagnostic analysis of urbanisation and related economic trends in the region
Abstract
The number of people in South Asia바카라 사이트™s cities rose by 130 million between 2000 and 2011바카라 사이트“more than the entire population of Japan. This was linked to an improvement in productivity and a reduction in the incidence of extreme poverty. But the region바카라 사이트™s cities have struggled to cope with the pressure of population growth on land, housing, infrastructure, basic services, and the environment. As a result, urbanization in South Asia remains underleveraged in its ability to deliver widespread improvements in both prosperity and livability. Leveraging Urbanization in South Asia is about the state of South Asia바카라 사이트™s urbanization and the market and policy failures that have taken the region바카라 사이트™s urban areas to where they are today바카라 사이트“and the hard policy actions needed if the region바카라 사이트™s cities are to leverage urbanization better.
This publication provides original empirical and diagnostic analysis of urbanization and related economic trends in the region. It also discusses in detail the key policy areas, the most fundamental being urban governance and finance, where actions must be taken to make cities more prosperous and livable.
Citation
Ellis, Peter; Roberts, Mark. 2016. Leveraging Urbanization in South Asia : Managing Spatial Transformation for Prosperity and Livability. Washington, DC: World Bank. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/22549 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.