ISAS Briefs

Cities have emerged as the backbone of economies all over the world, with their contributions to overall employment and growth, well above that of agrarian and rural societies. There are many factors which determine urban competitiveness, both at the national and the international level. The interplay of structural economic changes and geo-political developments, combined with domestic economic policy changes, sectoral contributions to growth and demographic changes, determine the competitiveness of urban areas in any country.