3 February 2012
“The economic role of cities” – new publication by UN Habitat
UN Habitat has just published a new rapport about the economic role of cities. This study draws attention to the important role played by cities in reducing of poverty, generating positive diversity and influencing the national economic development. It explains also how cities become more productive when they are agglomerated and clustered. The rapport presents the situation both for cities and city regions. The publication is a part of a Global Urban Economic dialogues series witch contains also rapports about microfinance, fiscal decentralization, global financial crisis and infrastructure of poverty.
