Resources

Update on Honduran Progress

This update from December of 2011 describes the Honduran progress toward establishing a city-scale reform zone.

Update – December 2011 (pdf)
December 2011

Discussion Summary from the Centre for Liveable Cities

Singapore’s Centre for Liveable Cities hosted Paul in November of 2011 for a discussion on urbanization in the 21st century. The CLC website contains an excellent summary of the discussion.
November 2011

Q&A with Paul Romer from the Honduran Newspaper El Heraldo

Full text of Q&A in English (pdf)

Full text of Q&A in Spanish (pdf)

The published, Spanish-language edition is available on the El Heraldo website:
Entrevista con el ideólogo de las ciudades modelo »
April 2011

Center for Global Development Essay on Charter Cities

The essay is adapted from a talk presented in Mexico City on October 2009, at the conference, “Challenges and Strategies for Promoting Economic Growth,” organized by Banco de México.

Technology, Rules, and Progress (pdf)
03 March 2010

Charter Cities on Harvard Business Review’s List of 10 Breakthrough Ideas for 2010

The HBR List: Breakthrough Ideas from 2010 (pdf)
December 2009

Charter Cities in City Journal

Cities from Scratch: A New Path for Development
21 December 2010

Paul on Technologies, Rules, and Globalization

NBER Working Paper: Which Parts of Globalization Matter for Catch-up Growth? (pdf)

Citation for published version (gated):
Romer, Paul M. 2010. “What Parts of Globalization Matter for Catch-Up Growth?” American Economic Review, 100(2): 94–98. DOI:10.1257/aer.100.2.94

February 2010

Don’t Knock Rules: An Interview with Paul in The Straits Times

Paul talks to Straits Times correspondent Tan Hui Yee about the importance of effective rules and neutral enforcement.

Don’t Knock Rules (pdf)

01 September 2010

Charter Cities in Prospect Magazine

For Richer, For Poorer
February 2010

Paul Romer on Forbes.com Video Network

Adopt a City (video)
Related Talk Article
02 September 2009