Leveraging Urbanization in South Asia : Managing Spatial Transformation for Prosperity and Livability

The number of people in South Asia's cities rose by 130 million between 2000 and 2011--more than the entire population of Japan. This was linked to an improvement in productivity and a reduction in the incidence of extreme poverty. But the region's cities have struggled to cope with the pr...

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Main Authors: Ellis, Peter, Roberts, Mark
Language:en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22549