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  1. Involuntary Resettlement in Infrastructure Projects

    A Development Perspective
    Ponencias
    Mayo 2013
    Robert Picciotto

    A perennial issue with megaprojects and mega-events is the involuntary resettlement and forced displacement that are often associated with infrastructure development. Mega-events involve large...

  2. Sustainable Infrastructure for Urban Growth

    Ponencias
    Mayo 2013
    Katherine Sierra

    Sustainability increasingly affects infrastructure investment patterns, particularly in cities in developing countries where urban populations will more than double—increasing by 2.6 billion people—...

  3. Understanding Urban Infrastructure-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Key Mitigation Strategies

    Ponencias
    Mayo 2013
    Anu Ramaswami

    Analyzing the economic and environmental impacts of urban infrastructure—whether its contribution to productivity or its generation of greenhouse gas emissions—is very challenging because urban or...

  4. Strengthening Urban Industry

    The Importance of Infrastructure and Location
    Ponencias
    Mayo 2013
    Nancey Green Leigh

    Within urban policy development and planning practice, a little acknowledged conflict exists: efforts to increase population density and promote more effective use of grey infrastructure—built...

  5. What Is the Value of Infrastructure Maintenance?

    A Survey
    Ponencias
    Mayo 2013
    Felix Rioja

    Public infrastructure has been established as the foundation for the productive activities of a country. Road and rail networks, water systems, power generating and distribution systems, and...

  6. How and Why Does the Quality of Infrastructure Service Delivery Vary?

    Ponencias
    Mayo 2013
    George R. G. Clarke

    In this paper, presented by George R. G. Clarke at Lincoln Institute’s 2012 Conference on Infrastructure and Land Policy the author observes that access to infrastructure and the quality of...

  7. Assessing the Infrastructure Impact of Mega-Events in Emerging Economies

    Ponencias
    Mayo 2013
    Victor A. Matheson

    Mega-events such as the Olympics or the World Cup are associated with large infrastructure investments and promises of high economic returns. However, the evidence from host economies shows that...

  8. Metropolitan Cities

    Their Rise, Role, and Future
    Ponencias
    Abril 2013
    Shahid Yusuf

    In this paper, the author points out that the world’s population crossed the 7 billion mark in 2011, more than half of it in cities. Each week the ranks of urban residents increase by 1million and on...

  9. Metropolitan Cities in the National Fiscal and Institutional Structure

    Ponencias
    Abril 2013
    Paul Smoke

    In this paper, Paul Smoke points out that an important yet neglected issue in the study of urban public finance in developing countries is how urban and metropolitan governments are situated in the...

  10. The Decentralization of Governance in Metropolitan Areas

    Ponencias
    Abril 2013
    Roy W. Bahl

    The theory and practice of providing government services in metropolitan areas are subjects that have attracted a great deal of attention in the industrial countries but have been largely ignored in...

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