Making African Cities More Productive - Why Scale, Specialisation and Internalisation Matter

Helping to inform the Foundation’s multi-disciplinary policy project on African cities, this brief Discussion Paper takes an unconventional perspective on the shortcomings of Africa’s urban areas by examining how firms and organisations become more efficient and productive.

This Paper is an edited version of a lecture given by Paul Collier at Oxford University earlier this year.

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