A Tale of Two Competitive Cities: What Patterns Are Emerging So Far?
As noted in a blog post earlier this year, the World Bank Group is pursuing a Competitive Cities Knowledge Base (CCKB) project, looking at how metropolitan economies can create jobs and ensure...
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The Latin America and the Caribbean region is crying out for infrastructure improvements. An investment estimated at 5 percent of the region’s GDP— or US$250 billion per year — is required to develop...
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The reforms behind the Doing Business rankings
In Mozambique in 2003, it took an entrepreneur 168 days to start a business. Today, it takes only 19 days. That kind of transformation has major implications for ambitious men and women who are...
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Competitive Cities: Bucaramanga, Colombia – An Andean Achiever
Modern business facilities, tourist attractions, and an expanding skyline: Bucaramanga, Colombia. When the World Bank’s Competitive Cities team set out to analyze what some of the world’s most...
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How are future blue-collar skills being created?
A technology bootcamp in Medellín, Colombia. © Corporación Ruta N Medellín/World Bank The fourth industrial revolution is disrupting business models and transforming employment. It is estimated that 65...
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Taking a tour of a ‘Competitive City’
Do you want to take a walk through a competitive city? Since today, October 31, has been designated as World Cities Day by the United Nations, today is an especially good day to explore that idea....
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