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If Africa 8217 s urban centers are to enjoy adequate provision of infrastructure and services the decentralization of governance must be complete not partial
Bastrop Texas is bringing back the grid to urban planning New cities in Africa should follow suit
It 8217 s probably close to zero
Congratulations to 2020 John Bates Clark Medalist Melissa Dell The institutional economics literature plays an outsized role in the work we do at the Charter Cities Institute
A closer look at the steps a successful charter city might take in the face of a pandemic
Nkwashi, Covid, Nigerian Ports and More: Links Roundup March 2020 Rwanda is taking the threat of coronavirus seriously, perhaps more than many countries in Europe and the United States did. Hand washing stations have been deployed at bus stations, restaurants, bars, banks, and shops throughout Kigali.
Education Reform in Liberia, West Africa on Covid, and More: Links Roundup February 2020 “The cedi is the best-performing currency in the world in 2020, investors fell over their feet to buy into the nation’s $3 billion Eurobond issue and foreigners are piling into
Dubai wanted a world class commercial court So it effectively imported British common law courts
Countries struggling with economic development face two critical challenges to overcome when trying to introduce substantive reforms— the logic of collective action and institutional sclerosis. These ideas were developed by Mancur Olson, a giant within institutional economics, in his two most well known works: The Logic
Sustained economic growth is the world s best poverty reduction tool In this paper Research Associate Jeffrey Mason argues that charter cities are a highly cost effective way to ignite long run growth
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