Introduction
Peter Karl Kresl
1. Cities and the contemporary global economy
Peter Karl Kresl
2. Competitiveness and wellbeing as features of the global economy
Peter Karl Kresl
3. Africa and the global economy
Winnie Mitullah
4. African cities and competitiveness
Winnie Mitullah
5. Asia and the global economy
Peter Karl Kresl
6. Asian cities and competitiveness
Peter Karl Kresl and Ni Pengfei
7. Latin America and the global economy
Jaime Sobrino and Isela Orehuela
8. Latin American cities and competitiveness
Isela Orehuela
9. Conclusions and thoughts about the coming years
Isela Orehuela
Biography
Peter Karl Kresl is Charles P. Vaughn Professor of Economics Emeritus, Bucknell University, USA; President, Global Urban Competitiveness Project.
"The book achieves its goal of analysing and presenting the situation of urban competitiveness in developing countries, which makes it an interesting and useful read." — Gabriel Camară (2022) appearing in Regional Studies, 56:1, 171-172.
