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Elites have a disproportionate impact on development outcomes. While a country's endowments constitute the deep determinates of growth, the trajectory they follow is shaped by the actions of elites. But what factors affect whether elites use their influence for individual gain or national welfare?To...
– Towards a Renewed Perspective on the City
According to UN-Habitat, Latin America is the most urbanized region in the world. Over three quarters of its population resided in cities at the turn of the twenty-first century, a proportion that is estimated will rise to almost 85 per cent by 2030. By comparison, just over 36 and 37 per cent of...
Elites have a disproportionate impact on development outcomes. While a country's endowments constitute the deep determinates of growth, the trajectory they follow is shaped by the actions of elites.But what factors affect whether elites use their influence for individual gain or national welfare? To...
– Knowledge, Entrepreneurial, and Political
From the book:
The Role of Elites in Economic Development
– Multidimensional Perspectives
The 20th century was one of rapid urbanization—that is urbanization by urban growth, and by rural-to-urban migration. By the dawn of the 21st century, for the first time in human history, more than half of the world’s population was living in urban areas. Demographic forecasts for the decades ahead...
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– Linkages with Globalization and Migration
Lorraine Telfer-Taivainen The Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, Hungary, was the venue for the launch on 16 June 2012 of the just-published UNU-WIDER book Urbanization and Development in Asia: Multidimensional Perspectives, edited by Jo Beall, Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis, and Ravi Kanbur...
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From the book:
The Role of Elites in Economic Development
Book Chapter
From the book:
The Role of Elites in Economic Development
Book Chapter
From the book:
The Role of Elites in Economic Development
Book Chapter
From the book:
The Role of Elites in Economic Development
Book Chapter
– The Role of Elites in Economic Development
From the book:
The Role of Elites in Economic Development
Book Chapter
– Getting Public Sector Elite Officials to Support Government Reform in Brazil
From the book:
The Role of Elites in Economic Development
Book Chapter
From the book:
The Role of Elites in Economic Development
Book Chapter
From the book:
The Role of Elites in Economic Development
Book Chapter
– The Role of the Customs Elite on the Reform Process in Cameroon
From the book:
The Role of Elites in Economic Development
Book Chapter
– The Contribution to Development of the New Female Elites
From the book:
The Role of Elites in Economic Development
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