| Contributors | p. vi |
| Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| Foreword | p. viii |
| Introduction | p. ix |
| Understanding Cities in a Globalizing World | p. 1 |
| Globalization and Urban Infrastructure | p. 9 |
| Globalization and Urban Performance | p. 27 |
| Urban Performance Profiles: The Impact of Globalization and the Challenge for Africa | p. 69 |
| Explaining Urban Performance: Globalization and Governance | p. 89 |
| Explaining Urban Performance: Globalization, Technology, and Scale | p. 113 |
| Conclusions | p. 131 |
| Figures | |
| City Governance and Extent of Globalization as Potential Determinants of City Performance | p. 36 |
| City Performance on Access of the Population to Telephones by Levels of Globalization and Governance in the Non-OECD Sample | p. 40 |
| City Performance on Access of Businesses to Telephones by Levels of Globalization and Governance in the Non-OECD Sample | p. 40 |
| City Performance on Access to Sewerage by Levels of Globalization and Governance in the Non-OECD Sample | p. 41 |
| City Performance on Access to Water by Levels of Globalization and Governance in the Non-OECD Sample | p. 41 |
| City Performance on Access to Electricity by Levels of Globalization and Governance in the Non-OECD Sample | p. 42 |
| City Performance on Quality of Infrastructure by Levels of Globalization and Governance in the Non-OECD Sample | p. 42 |
| City Performance on Access to Cell Phones by Levels of Globalization and Governance in the Non-OECD Sample | p. 43 |
| City Performance on Access to Internet in Schools by Levels of Globalization and Governance in the Non-OECD Sample | p. 43 |
| City Performance on Quality of Electricity by Levels of Globalization and Governance in the Non-OECD Sample | p. 44 |
| City Governance and Globalization | p. 50 |
| City Governance and Urbanization | p. 51 |
| City Governance and City Characteristics | p. 51 |
| Urban and Rural Populations of the Developed and Developing Worlds, 1950-2030 | p. 77 |
| Full Game Representation of Interactions among Citizens, Mayor, and Firm | p. 96 |
| Subgame Representation of Citizen and Mayor's Choices in Stage 1 | p. 97 |
| Subgame Representation of Citizen, Mayor, and Firm's Choices in a Poor Governance Framework with Citizen Loyalty | p. 98 |
| Subgame Representation of Citizen, Mayor, and Firm's Choices in a Poor Governance Framework with Citizen Voice | p. 99 |
| Indicators of Good Governance on Bribery and Crime in Local and Global Cities | p. 101 |
| Indicators of Good Governance on Finance and Communication Services in Local and Global Cities | p. 102 |
| Relationship between Quality of Life and Corruption at the City Level | p. 102 |
| Relationship between Quality of Life and Globalization at the City Level | p. 103 |
| Municipalities in France, by Population, 2003 | p. 105 |
| Largest City Population over Time | p. 116 |
| Tables | |
| Usage of the Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge | p. 17 |
| Alternative Sources of Energy and Their Costs for Ugandan Residents | p. 19 |
| Dimensions of Infrastructure Globalization | p. 21 |
| Description and Coverage of Variables in the KLM Database | p. 39 |
| City Performance by Levels of Globalization and Governance in the Full Sample | p. 44 |
| City Performance by Levels of Globalization and Governance in the Non-OECD Sample | p. 45 |
| City Performance by Levels of Globalization and Governance in the OECD Sample | p. 46 |
| City Performance and Service Access by Level of Governance for Global and Local Cities | p. 47 |
| Synthesis of Econometric Regression Results on Determinants of City Performance | p. 48 |
| Average Governance Ratings by City and Country Characteristics | p. 52 |
| Synthesis of Econometric Regression Results on Determinants of City Governance | p. 53 |
| Economic Performance of Cities, 1993 | p. 72 |
| Residential Density, Growth Rates, and Household Size, 1993 | p. 72 |
| Equity in Cities, 1993 | p. 73 |
| City Transportation, 1993 | p. 73 |
| City Waste Management Services, 1993 | p. 74 |
| Health and Education in Cities, 1993 | p. 75 |
| Urban Local Government Revenue and Capital Expenditure, 1993 | p. 75 |
| Urban Crime, 1993 | p. 76 |
| Differences in Performance Profiles of More-globalized and Less-globalized Cities | p. 76 |
| Average Annual Growth of the Urban Population, by Region, 1995-2000 and projected for 2000-2015 | p. 78 |
| Extent of Urbanization, by Region, 2000, 2003, and Projected for 2030 | p. 78 |
| City-level Performance Indicators across Regions and Country Classifications | p. 80 |
| City Indicators for Five African Countries by Level of Globalization | p. 82 |
| City Performance and Availability of City Information to Citizens and Firms in the Non-OECD Sample | p. 104 |
| City with the Largest Recorded Population in the Past 5,000 Years | p. 115 |
| Population of Major Cities, 1050-1800 | p. 117 |
| Average Population Growth of Major Cities, 1050-1800 | p. 119 |
| City Performance by City Size and Country Development in the Full Sample | p. 121 |
| City Performance by City Size and Country Development in the Non-OECD Sample | p. 122 |
| City Performance by City Size and Country Development in the OECD Sample | p. 123 |
| City Size and Quality of Life in the Non-OECD Sample | p. 123 |
| City Performance by City Attributes in the Non-OECD Sample | p. 124 |
| City Performance by City Technology in the Non-OECD Sample | p. 125 |
| Impact of Technology and Its Exit Opportunities on Pressure for Improved Governance | p. 127 |
| Annexes | |
| Correlation Matrix of Selected Variables on Governance, Service Access, and Performance | p. 56 |
| Synthesis of Econometric Regression Results on Determinants of City Governance | p. 57 |
| Cities in the Kaufmann-Leautier-Mastruzzi Database | p. 58 |
| Countries Ranked by the A. T. Kearney Index of Globalization | p. 85 |
| Differences in Performance Profiles of More-globalized and Less-globalized Countries | p. 86 |
| Proof of the Nash Equilibrium Outcome | p. 108 |
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