LEADER 02799oam 22004575 450 001 9910796952203321 005 20181208092906.0 010 $a1-4648-1270-5 024 7 $a10.1596/978-1-4648-1258-3 035 $a(CKB)4100000005387687 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5473307 035 $a(The World Bank)211258 035 $a(US-djbf)211258 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000005387687 100 $a20020129d2009 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRaising the Bar for Productive Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean /$fMaria Ferreyra 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cThe World Bank,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (218 pages) 225 1 $aLatin America and Caribbean Studies 311 $a1-4648-1258-6 330 3 $aWith more than 70 percent of its population living in cities, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is among the most urbanized regions in the world. Yet, although its cities are, on average, more productive than those elsewhere in the world, their productivity lags that of North American and Western European cities. Closing this gap provides LAC with the opportunity to raise living standards and join the ranks of the world's richest countries.Raising the Bar: Cities and Productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean is about the productivity of cities in LAC and the factors that help to explain its determination. Based on original empirical research, the report documents the high levels of population density and other features of LAC cities that mark them out from those in the rest of the world. The report also studies the role of three key factors - urban form, skills, and access to markets - in determining the productivity of LAC cities. It shows that while excessive congestion forces and inadequate metropolitan coordination seem to be stifling the benefits of agglomeration, LAC cities benefit from strong human capital externalities. It also finds that, within individual LAC countries, cities are poorly integrated with one another, which contributes to large differences in performance across cities and undermines their aggregate contribution to productivity at the national level. 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aCities and towns$zLatin America 607 $aCaribbean Area$2fast 607 $aLatin America$2fast 615 0$aCities and towns 676 $a307.76098 700 $aFerreyra$b Maria$01519201 702 $aRoberts$b Mark 702 $aFerreyra$b Maria Marta 801 0$bDJBF 801 1$bDJBF 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910796952203321 996 $aRaising the Bar for Productive Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean$93757179 997 $aUNINA