Ideas change everything

L'idea radicale di Paul Romer: le "Charter cities"

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TEDGlobal 2009

• July 2009

Come può un Paese in difficoltà uscire dalla povertà se è intrappolato in un sistema di regole sbagliate? L'economista Paul Romer illustra un'audace idea: le Charter city, città "a statuto speciale" dal punto di vista amministrativo, governate da una coalizione di nazioni. (Può Guantanamo Bay diventare la nuova Hong Kong?)

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Come può un Paese in difficoltà uscire dalla povertà se è intrappolato in un sistema di regole sbagliate? L'economista Paul Romer illustra un'audace idea: le Charter city, città "a statuto speciale" dal punto di vista amministrativo, governate da una coalizione di nazioni. (Può Guantanamo Bay diventare la nuova Hong Kong?)

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Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, World Bank

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Paul Romer's research on catch-up growth in low- and middle-income countries has emphasized the importance of government policies that encourage orderly urban expansion.

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