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dc.contributor.authorvan der Ploeg, Fredericken
dc.contributor.authorPoelhekke, Stevenen
dc.date.accessioned2008-02-20-
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-28T08:29:36Z-
dc.date.available2009-07-28T08:29:36Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/26253-
dc.description.abstractThomas Friedman has argued in The World is Flat that those who deny rapid globalization will not survive in the global economy. First, we critically discuss Friedman's views and highlight the new globalization driven by outsourcing and vertical specialization. Second, we argue that Friedman pays insufficient attention to the spectacular growth of mega-cities in the developing world. The world is not flat, and the developing world certainly is not. Still, mega-cities tend to become too big. Their growth also goes hand in hand with formation of slums and congestion. We thus argue that there is a role for public policies.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x2208en
dc.subject.jelF01en
dc.subject.jelH40en
dc.subject.jelO10en
dc.subject.jelR10en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordglobalizationen
dc.subject.keywordunbundlingen
dc.subject.keywordoff-shoringen
dc.subject.keywordmega-citiesen
dc.subject.keywordcongestionen
dc.subject.keywordpublic policiesen
dc.subject.stwGlobalisierungen
dc.subject.stwAgglomerationseffekten
dc.subject.stwBallungsraumen
dc.subject.stwOffshoringen
dc.subject.stwBottlenecken
dc.subject.stwMakroökonomischer Einflussen
dc.subject.stwEntwicklungsländeren
dc.titleGlobalization and the rise of mega-cities in the developing world-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn558656900en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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