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City Futures 2024 - Smarter, Greener, and Inclusive? | JOHN TIBBITT from Policies for Places

New Year is the time when both individuals and governments declare new goals and ambitions. Remarkably, 2024 will be a record year for elections with over 50 scheduled presidential, government and regional elections in countries around the world including many in its largest democracies. Electors in the US, the UK, the EU, and many Asian countries including India and the Philippines have the chance to set new directions for their nations.

NEP-SOC 2024-01-01, eight papers

In this issue we feature 8 current papers on the theme of social capital, chosen by Fabio Sabatini (Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”):

How to Best Facilitate a Successful Urban Environment | The Urban Lens Newsletter

Robert Puentes best said it in his article in January 2015, originally published in the Washington Examiner and subsequently published in Brookings (2023) Rotten Roads, Bum Economy:

Local Economies and Pandemics - new book from PASCAL Africa

We are pleased to make available a new book from the Centre for Local Economic Development that hosts PASCAL Africa at the University of Johannesburg.

How I made the most of my visit to Tampere University | PASCAL Americas Director

I recently had a productive visit to Tampere University in Finland, sponsored by the U.S. State Department and the Finland Fulbright Foundation. The contacts at Tampere University that facilitated this research visit were made possible by the PASCAL network of associates. I thank Mike Osborne for these introductions

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