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GEARING UP FOR COMPETITIVENESS

THE ROLE OF PLANNING, GOVERNANCE, AND FINANCE IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED CITIES IN SOUTH ASIA

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Gearing up for competitiveness: The role of planning, finance, and governance in small and medium-sized cities in South Asia.

Mandaluyong City, Philippines: Asian Development Bank, 2016.

1. Governance. 2. Sri Lanka. 3. Bangladesh. 4. Nepal. I. Asian Development Bank.

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Contents

Boxes, Figures, and Tables

Foreword

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Abbreviations

Executive Summary

Introduction

Chapter 1: Why Planning, Governance, and Finance Matter for City Competitiveness

Planning and Competitiveness

Governance and Competitiveness

Finance and Competitiveness

Chapter 2: Methodology

Chapter 3: City Competitiveness Profiles

Gazipur, Bangladesh

Khulna, Bangladesh

Kurunegala, Sri Lanka

Pokhara, Nepal

Chapter 4: Insights and the Way Forward

References

Appendixes

Appendix 1 Checklist and Scores for Rating by the Expert Panel

Appendix 2 Local Panel Scores

Index

Boxes, Figures, and Tables

BOXES
1	New York City Economic Development Corporation
2	Singapores Targets
3	Wider Role for Planning
4	From City to City-Region: Helsinki Strategic Spatial Plan
5	Key Services Provided by Local Government
6	Definition of Value Capture
7	Types of Value Capture Mechanisms
8	Key Planning Documents Gazipur City Corporation
9	Key Planning Documents Khulna
10	Key Planning Documents Kurunegala
11	Key Planning Documents Pokhara
FIGURES
1	Scoring FrameworkLatent and Actual
2	Presentation of Scores of Local Panel and Expert Panel (an example)
3	Gazipur City Corporations Score Planning
4	Gazipur City Corporations Score Governance
5	Gazipur City Corporations Score Finance
6	Khulna City Corporations Score Planning
7	Khulna City Corporations Score Governance
8	Khulna City Corporations Score Finance
9	Map of Kurunegala
10	Kurunegala Municipal Councils Score Planning
11	Kurunegala Municipal Councils Score Governance
12	Kurunegala Municipal Councils Score Finance
13	Pokharas Score Planning
14	Pokharas Score Governance
15	Pokharas Score Finance

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