title: Urbanisation:  an economic overview of some of the issues.
abstract: "The paper presents a discussion of the economic justification for taking cities seriously, a section outlining the scale of urbanisation and some of the issues raised, a section that discusses the policy approaches, one that looks at the local agencies for the formulation and execution of policy, and a short final part on some of the implications for aid policy."  The focus is on the importance of the urban sector for economic development in developing countries.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D005376:Financial Management; D005843:Geography; D007391:International Cooperation; D011153:Population; D011640:Public Policy; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Developing Countries; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Financial Activities; Foreign Aid; Geographic Factors; Policy; Population; Socioeconomic Factors; Spatial Distribution; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization