10th Urbanization and Development Conference
March 30 - March 31 | World Bank & Johns Hopkins University
10th Urbanization & Development Conference
The 10th Urbanization and Development Conference will bring together academics and development practitioners to present and discuss questions relating to jobs, firms, and growth in cities.
This year’s Urbanization and Development Conference will explore how cities shape the creation and transformation of jobs and firms in developing economies. As technological change, demographic transitions, and structural shifts redefine the future of work, the conference invites research that deepens our understanding of how urban economies can drive economic growth and job creation.
Key Themes
Structural Transformation
How tradable and non-tradable sectors evolve within urban economies, including the role of the informal sector in employment generation, resilience, and structural change. The conference will also explore the role of secondary cities and urban-rural linkages for economic transformation.
Urban labor markets and the changing nature of work
How demographics, infrastructure, technology and policy influence labor force participation, job creation, and the rise of green employment.
Firms, productivity, and urban economic growth
How urban form, spatial dynamics, and agglomeration economies shape firm performance, productivity and wages.
Keynote Speakers
Gilles Duranton
Dean's Chair in Real Estate Professor (Wharton, University of Pennsylvania)
Edward Glaeser
Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics (Harvard University)
Douglas Gollin
Jason P. and Chloe Epstein Professor of Economics (Tufts University)
Namrata Kala
Digital Equipment Corp. Associate Professor of Management (MIT)
The policy-research conference is hosted by the World Bank (Development Research Group and Urban, Disaster Risk, Resilience, and Land), George Washington University (Elliott School of International Affairs and Institute for International Economic Policy), the International Growth Centre (Cities that Work and Cities Research Program), and Johns Hopkins University (School of Advanced International Studies and School of Government and Policy).