On February 16th the Global Urban Futures’ Urban Economics Seminar welcomed Victor Vergara, head of MetroLab at the World Bank. Mr. Vergara gave a presentation on MetroLab’s use of urban economic data for innovative approaches to urban management and development.
The World Bank’s MetroLab provides a platform for cities across the globe to share knowledge, facilitate capacity building and peer learning, foster networks of practitioners, and help one another through a virtual network as well as a series of “Living Laboratories”—thematic meetings hosted by one of the participating cities.
Participating cities include Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, Guadalajara, Panama, Cairo, Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Accra, Dar es Salaam, Kigali, Mumbai, Karachi, Kathmandu, Colombo, Barcelona, New York, and Seoul.
For more information, view the World Bank’s Global Lab on Metropolitan Strategic Planning.