LEADER 02926oam 22005055 450 001 9910957815103321 005 20241001165035.0 010 $a9781464812705 010 $a1464812705 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(Perlego)1484037 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000005387687 100 $a20020129d2018 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aRaising the Bar for Productive Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean /$fMaría Marta Ferreyra and Mark Roberts, editors 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cThe World Bank,$d2018. 210 4$a©2018 215 $a1 online resource (218 pages) 225 1 $aLatin America and Caribbean Studies 311 08$a9781464812583 311 08$a1464812586 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 702 $aFerreyra$b Maria Marta 702 $aRoberts$b Mark$f1974- 801 0$bDJBF 801 1$bDJBF 801 2$bUkOxU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910957815103321 996 $aRaising the Bar for Productive Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean$94355040 997 $aUNINA