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As African cities have expanded and become more socially and economically complex the role of local authorities and city planning have become more important (Pelling and Wisner, 2012; Watson et al 2012) and like every other context, the issues of how big cities interact with their regions can no longer be ignored.

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The world city hypothesis: reflections from the periphery. World cities in a world system, 132-155, 1995.

The changing urban-rural interface of African cities: definitional issues and an application to Kumasi, Ghana. D Simon, D McGregor, K Nsiah-Gyabaah. Environment and Urbanisation 16 (2), 235-247, 2004. The world city hypothesis: reflections from the periphery. Separated by common ground? Bringing (post) development and (post) colonialism together. Geographical Journal 172 (1), 10-21, 2006. Transport and development in the Third World.

African Cities in the World Economy. Published June 1993 by John Wiley & Sons.

Sheds new light on the social, cutural and politico-economic processes underlying the development of major African cities.

The World Bank reports the economy of Sub-Saharan African countries .

The World Bank reports the economy of Sub-Saharan African countries grew at rates that match or surpass global rates  . Trade has driven much of the growth in Africa's economy in the early 21st century.

What Future for Sub-Saharan Africa? UNU Workshop, Accra.

Wiley, New York and Belhaven, London. What Future for Sub-Saharan Africa? UNU Workshop, Accra. imon, D. (1989) Colonial cities, postcolonial Africa and the world economy. Int. J. for Urban and Reg.

David Simon, South African, British geographer, educator.

Development economics is a branch of economics which deals with economic aspects of the development process in low income countries. Its focus is not only on methods of promoting economic development, economic growth and structural change but also on improving the potential for the mass of the population, for example, through health, education and workplace conditions, whether through public or private channels.

All the seven cities in North America are in the top half of the overall rankings but many underperform their developed country peers in key areas. At least in the developed world, more cities are devoting resources to digital security

All the seven cities in North America are in the top half of the overall rankings but many underperform their developed country peers in key areas. New York, for example, ranks 31st in health security, with Dallas (29th) faring only slightly better. Dallas is also in the bottom half of the infrastructure security category, a category in which Chicago (27th) and Washington, DC (28th) are relatively weak as well. At least in the developed world, more cities are devoting resources to digital security. Seoul, for one, improved its ranking in the category by 29 places by reducing the number of computers infected with viruses and the frequency of identity theft. But significant gaps in safety remain.