City Analytics : Competitive Cities for Jobs and Growth, Companion Paper 1

Fikri, Kenan ; Zhu, T. Juni

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: CAPITALS;    LIVING STANDARDS;    FORECASTS;    NATIONAL OUTPUT;    CITY SIZE;   

RP-ID  :  101718

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

interest in studying city competitiveness has skyrocketed in the past few years, although the topic itself is far from new. Mayors and city leaders have long worried about the obstacles to job creation, competitiveness, and economic growth that plague their cities. The objective of this paper is to present key findings from the quantitative analysis of the drivers of competitiveness in cites around the world.