Growing through cities in developing countries

World Bank Research Observer

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 39-73

  Duranton, Gilles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; LABOR MARKET; URBAN SYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84928953668     PISSN: 02573032     EISSN: 15646971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wbro/lku006     Document Type: Article

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