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...
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2015/01/01
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101546
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2016/02/08
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Ciudades competitivas para empleos y crecimiento : qué, quién y, cómo
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Kilroy,Austin; Mukim,Megha; Negri,Stefano.
Competitive cities for jobs and growth : what, who, and how : Ciudades competitivas para empleos y crecimiento : qué, quién y, cómo (Spanish). Competitive cities for jobs and growth Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/691841467992491102