The decentralization debate: The World Bank study on Sao Paulo |
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Authors: | C MRogerson |
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Affiliation: | Senior Lecturer, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies , University of the Witwatersrand , |
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Abstract: | The World Bank has increasingly been drawn into controversies surrounding policies for restraining the growth of major urban centres and/or fostering the expansion of secondary cities in the developing world. To provide a sounder basis for policy making the Bank has launched several research programmes to understand the forces involved in urban growth across all cities in a region and the policies influencing this process. The present paper provides a synthesis of writings which have emanated from the research undertaken in Sao Paulo, Brazil, offering a comparative perspective on the decentralization debates currently raging in South Africa. |
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