CONTENTS Preface ix Workshop Participants xvii Chapter Summaries xix About the Editors and Contributors xxiii Acknowledgments xxvii Abbreviations xxix 1 Urbanization and growth : setting the context 1 Patricia Clarke Annez and Robert M. Buckley 2 Rethinking economic growth in a globalizing world : an economic geography lens 47 Anthony J. Venables 3 Are cities engines of growth and prosperity for developing countries? 67 Gilles Duranton 4 Urbanization, agglomeration, and economic development 115 John M. Quigley 5 Spatial inequality and economic development : theories, facts, and policies 133 Sukkoo Kim 6 Housing policy in developing countries : the importance of the informal economy 167 Richard Arnott 7 The U.S. subprime mortgage crisis : issues raised and lessons learned 197 Dwight M. Jaffee Index 237