Urban competitiveness assessment in developing country urban regions: the road ahead

The paper reviews approaches and techniques, those commonly employed, as well as newly emerging ones, to assess the competitiveness of urban regions. The relevance of these techniques to developing country regions is assessed, taking into account the fact that assessments need to reflect the population size of urban regions, and a given urban region's position on the development trajectory.

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