Competitive Cities for Jobs and Growth : What, Who, and How

A competitive city is a city that successfully facilitates its firms and industries to create jobs, raise productivity, and increase the incomes of citizens over time. Worldwide, improving the competitiveness of cities is a pathway to eliminating extreme poverty and to promoting shared prosperity. The primary source of job creation has been the growth of private sector firms, which have typically accounted for around 75 percent of job creation. Thus city leaders need to be familiar with the factors that help to attract, to retain, and to expand the private sector. This document aims to analyze what makes a city competitive and how more cities can become competitive.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank Group
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015-12
Subjects:	CAPITALS, LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, CITY SIZE, CITY OFFICIALS, CITIES ALLIANCE, POLICY REFORMS, RED TAPE, URBANIZATION, BUSINESS LICENSES, SAL, CITY, EMPLOYMENT GENERATION, BUSINESS COMMUNITY, BIG CITIES, MEDIUM ENTERPRISES, CITY ECONOMIC STRATEGIES, CITY MANAGERS, REVENUES, MAYORS, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, REGULATORY REFORMS, INDUSTRIAL ZONES, TAX, CITIES, TOWNS, CITY GOVERNMENTS, REGULATORY REFORM, URBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SUBNATIONAL, MACROECONOMIC STABILITY, VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES, EFFICIENCY GAINS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, METROPOLITAN AREAS, METROPOLITAN CITIES, REDISTRIBUTION, INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE, CITY DEVELOPMENT, INDUSTRIALIZATION, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS, LAND USE CHANGE, URBAN TRANSITION, INDUSTRIAL PARK, MAYOR, INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE ANALYSIS, CITY PERFORMANCE, SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT, TAX REVENUES, POLICY IMPLEMENTATION, URBAN COMPETITIVENESS, SERVICE DELIVERY, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, TAX POLICIES, INFRASTRUCTURE, TAXES, ACCESS TO INFORMATION, LAND USE, CITY POPULATION, MEGACITIES, UNEMPLOYMENT, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, CITY LEADERS, CITY ADMINISTRATION, CITY COUNCILS, TRANSPARENCY, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, ACCESS TO CAPITAL, UTILITIES, POLICY MAKERS, CITY AUTHORITIES, CAPACITY-BUILDING, STAKEHOLDERS, STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, LARGE CITIES, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES, SECONDARY CITIES, CAPITAL CITIES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT, URBAN AREAS, TOURISM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL, CITY LEADERSHIP, PROVINCIAL CAPITAL, REFUGEES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CITY GOVERNMENT STAFF, CITY ECONOMIES, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, QUALITY OF LIFE, MARKET TOWNS, CITY COMPETITIVENESS, GOVERNANCE, INDUSTRIAL PARKS, TAXATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CITY STRATEGIES, SLUMS, TECHNICAL ADVICE, PUBLIC AGENCIES, TAX CREDITS, MUNICIPALITY, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, BUSINESS CLIMATE, CITY BOUNDARIES, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, POVERTY, INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT, BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, METROPOLITAN AREA, DECENTRALIZATION, LOCAL INDUSTRY, COMMUNITY, CITY REVENUE, SUBURBAN DISTRICTS, URBAN ECONOMICS, AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY, SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE, EASE OF DOING BUSINESS, CITY LIMITS, LAND MANAGEMENT, SMALL BUSINESSES, URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS, SEWERAGE, CONSTRUCTION PERMITS, CITY ROADS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25515215/competitive-cities-jobs-growth http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23227
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