Virtually all of the growth in the worlda (TM)s population for the foreseeable future will take place in the cities and towns of the developing world. Over the next twenty years, most developing countries will for the first time become more urban than rural. The benefits from urbanization cannot be overlooked, but the speed and sheer scale of this transformation present many challenges. A new cast of policy makers is emerging to take up the many responsibilities of urban governancea "as many national governments decentralize and devolve their functions, programs in poverty, health,...
Virtually all of the growth in the worlda (TM)s population for the foreseeable future will take place in the cities and towns of the developing wor...