National urbanization policies in developing countries
Renaud, Bertrand
The need for active national urbanization policies is greater now for developing countries than it has been in the past because population growth rates are faster, economic growth rates are higher, and the role of government is more dominant than it was historically for the presently advanced economies. Appropriate national urbanization policies have three dimensions: the correction of unintended and unwanted spatial effects of national economic policies; the more efficient internal management of cities; and decentralization policies to increase national economic efficiency and socio-economic integration through the elimination of barriers to resource mobility, trade and the diffusion of innovations. Decentralization policies are not a substitute for a more efficient and more equitable use of resources within cities, particularly in the large urban centers. The purpose of this paper is to show why progress in formulating national urbanization policies requires coordination between these three policy dimensions.
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