Urbanomics

Saturday, September 29, 2012

The commodities super-cycle?

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Amidst the gloom surrounding the Great Recession, one of the less discussed stories surrounds the boom in commodity prices in the aftermath...
Thursday, September 27, 2012

China foreign aid fact of the day

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In 2009 and 2010 China agreed to lend about $110 to developing countries, $10 bn more than the World Bank in that period... The Chinese Ex...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Charter Cities project gets a rude wakeup call

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So Paul Romer has officially ruled himself out  of the first Charter City project in Honduras. Prof Romer had originally joined hands with ...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

India's latest power sector reforms - A recipe for failure?

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The Union Government has announced an ambitious plan to restructure the debts of the massively indebted state electricity distribution uti...
Thursday, September 20, 2012

Outsourcing urban water sector services

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This blog has consistently argued that outright privatization, especially in certain sectors like urban infrastructure, stands very remote...
Sunday, September 16, 2012

The dangers of more monetary accommodation

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Over the past few days, monetary authorities on both sides of the Atlantic have announced further extraordinary monetary accommodation pol...
Thursday, September 13, 2012

Climate change and traffic congestion

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What's common between addressing climate change and traffic congestion? Disincentivizing private vehicle usage will help mitigate carbo...
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