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Making Latin American Cities Better: Inclusive Growth

By Cynthia Goytia

Connecting outskirts to urban centers could fuel growth economic growth in the region.

This article features commentary on AQ’s Top 5 Urban Visionaries: Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, and appears in our recent print issue on how to make Latin American cities better places to live and work.

Cities drive growth in Latin America, where the share of people living in urban areas grew from 41 to 80 percent between 1950 and 2015. In fact, about three-quarters of the region’s GDP was produced in cities...

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