Who really benefits from new cities?
CCI’s Jeff Mason was published in City Monitor discussing the need for new cities, where they can do the most good, and what kinds are being built.
July 7, 2023
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Stefan Dercon is a Professor of Economic Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government and the Economics Department, and a Fellow of Jesus College. He is also the Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies. He combines his academic career with work as a policy advisor, providing strategic economic and development advice, and promoting the use of evidence in decision making. Between 2011 and 2017, he was Chief Economist of the Department of International Development (DFID), the government department in charge of the UK’s aid policy and spending. Between 2020-2022, he was the Development Policy Advisor to successive Foreign Secretaries at the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. His research interests concern what keeps some people and countries poor: the failures of markets, governments, and politics, mainly in Africa, and how to achieve change. His latest book, Gambling on Development: Why some countries win and others lose, was published in May 2022.
CCI’s Jeff Mason was published in City Monitor discussing the need for new cities, where they can do the most good, and what kinds are being built.
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