Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword by François J. Bourguignon -- Introduction by Sir Nicholas Stern -- 1 Understanding Cities in a Globalizing World -- 2 Globalization and Urban Infrastructure -- 3 Globalization and Urban Performance -- 4 Urban Performance Profiles: The Impact of Globalization and the Challenge for Africa -- 5 Explaining Urban Performance: Globalization and Governance -- 6 Explaining Urban Performance: Globalization, Technology, and Scale -- 7 Conclusions -- Figures -- 3.1 City Governance and Extent of Globalization as Potential Determinants of City Performance -- 3.2 City Performance on Access of the Population to Telephones by Levels of Globalization and Governance in the Non-OECD Samp -- 3.3 City Performance on Access of Businesses to Telephones by Levels of Globalization and Governance in the Non-OECD Sample -- 3.4 City Performance on Access to Sewerage by Levels of Globalization and Governance in the Non-OECD Sample -- 3.5 City Performance on Access to Water by Levels of Globalization and Governance in the Non-OECD Sample -- 3.6 City Performance on Access to Electricity by Levels of Globalization and Governance in the Non-OECD Sample -- 3.7 City Performance on Quality of Infrastructure by Levels of Globalization and Governance in the Non-OECD Sample -- 3.8 City Performance on Access to Cell Phones by Levels of Globalization and Governance in the Non-OECD Sample -- 3.9 City Performance on Access to Internet in Schools by Levels of Globalization and Governance in the Non-OECD Sample -- 3.10 City Performance on Quality of Electricity by Levels of Globalization and Governance in the Non-OECD Sample -- 3.11 City Governance and Globalization -- 3.12 City Governance and Urbanization -- 3.13 City Governance and City Characteristics.

4.1 Urban and Rural Populations of the Developed and Developing Worlds, 1950-2030 -- 5.1 Full Game Representation of Interactions among Citizens, Mayor, and Firm -- 5.2 Subgame Representation of Citizen and Mayor's Choices in Stage 1 -- 5.3 Subgame Representation of Citizen, Mayor, and Firm's Choices in a Poor Governance Framework with Citizen Loyalty -- 5.4 Subgame Representation of Citizen, Mayor, and Firm's Choices in a Poor Governance Framework with Citizen Voice -- 5.5 Indicators of Good Governance on Bribery and Crime in Local and Global Cities -- 5.6 Indicators of Good Governance on Finance and Communication Services in Local and Global Cities -- 5.7 Relationship between Quality of Life and Corruption at the City Level -- 5.8 Relationship between Quality of Life and Globalization at the City Level -- 5.9 Municipalities in France, by Population, 2003 -- 6.1 Largest City Population over Time -- Tables -- 2.1 Usage of the Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge -- 2.2 Alternative Sources of Energy and Their Costs for Ugandan Residents -- 2.3 Dimensions of Infrastructure Globalization -- 3.1 Description and Coverage of Variables in the KLM Database -- 3.2 City Performance by Levels of Globalization and Governance in the Full Sample -- 3.3 City Performance by Levels of Globalization and Governance in the Non-OECD Sample -- 3.4 City Performance by Levels of Globalization and Governance in the OECD Sample -- 3.5 City Performance and Service Access by Level of Governance for Global and Local Cities -- 3.6 Synthesis of Econometric Regression Results on Determinants of City Performance -- 3.7 Average Governance Ratings by City and Country Characteristics -- 3.8 Synthesis of Econometric Regression Results on Determinants of City Governance -- 4.1 Economic Performance of Cities, 1993 -- 4.2 Residential Density, Growth Rates, and Household Size, 1993.

4.3 Equity in Cities, 1993 -- 4.4 City Transportation, 1993 -- 4.5 City Waste Management Services, 1993 -- 4.6 Health and Education in Cities, 1993 -- 4.7 Urban Local Government Revenue and Capital Expenditure, 1993 -- 4.8 Urban Crime, 1993 -- 4.9 Differences in Performance Profiles of More-globalized and Less-globalized Cities -- 4.10 Average Annual Growth of the Urban Population, by Region, 1995-2000 and projected for 2000-2015 -- 4.11 Extent of Urbanization, by Region, 2000, 2003, and Projected for 2030 -- 4.12 City-level Performance Indicators across Regions and Country Classifications -- 4.13 City Indicators for Five African Countries by Level of Globalization -- 5.1 City Performance and Availability of City Information to Citizens and Firms in the Non-OECD Sample -- 6.1 City with the Largest Recorded Population in the Past 5,000 Years -- 6.2 Population of Major Cities, 1050-1800 -- 6.3 Average Population Growth of Major Cities, 1050-1800 -- 6.4 City Performance by City Size and Country Development in the Full Sample -- 6.5 City Performance by City Size and Country Development in the Non-OECD Sample -- 6.6 City Performance by City Size and Country Development in the OECD Sample -- 6.7 City Size and Quality of Life in the Non-OECD Sample -- 6.8 City Performance by City Attributes in the Non-OECD Sample -- 6.9 City Performance by City Technology in the Non-OECD Sample -- 6.10 Impact of Technology and Its Exit Opportunities on Pressure for Improved Governance -- Annexes -- 3.1 Correlation Matrix of Selected Variables on Governance, Service Access, and Performance -- 3.2 Synthesis of Econometric Regression Results on Determinants of City Governance -- 3.3 Cities in the Kaufmann-Léautier-Mastruzzi Database -- 4.1 Countries Ranked by the A. T. Kearney Index of Globalization.

4.2 Differences in Performance Profiles of More-globalized and Less-globalized Countries -- 5.1 Proof of the Nash Equilibrium Outcome.