Market Economy and Urban Change

Chapter 1

Market Enablement andthe Urban Sector

Roger Zetter

INTRODUCTION

This book explores and evaluates urban-sector and development policies in the context of market enablement. By articulating the linkages between this development paradigm and the way in which policy responses are enacted by different actors in the urban sector, the book provides an understanding of both the factors driving this policy framework and the impacts of these policies on urban-sector policies and programmes. Thus, while the substantive focus of this book is on the urban sector in the developing world, this provides a window on the wider world of the political ...