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Faculty Forum on Globalization

March 18, 2011
12:00 am

Event Recap

Special presentation by Abha Joshi-Ghani, World Bank Sector Manager: Urban Development Unit  

As part of the regularly scheduled Penn IUR Faculty Forum on Globalization session, the World Bank team introduced us to their new Urbanization Knowledge Platformproject.

You can find introductory information about this initiative at:

http://www.makingcitieswork.org/news/world-bank-announces-knowledge-platform-urbanization

and an excellent 5-minute video clip at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AadPntrlb0w

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