Cities and Urbanization

How cities, not states, can solve the world's biggest problems

The 21st century should belong to cities like Mumbai, which has a bigger economy than Pakistan or Bangladesh Image: REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Robert Muggah
Co-founder, SecDev Group and Co-founder, Igarapé Institute
Reuben Abraham
Chief Executive Officer, Artha Global
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Migrants are welcomed as they arrive at the main railway station in Dortmund, Germany September 6, 2015. Austria and Germany threw open their borders to thousands of exhausted migrants on Saturday, bussed to the Hungarian border by a right-wing government that had tried to stop them but was overwhelmed by the sheer numbers reaching Europe's frontiers.  REUTERS/Ina Fassbender - LR2EB960UPAJ7
Refugees are welcomed as they arrive at the main railway station in Dortmund, Germany Image: REUTERS/Ina Fassbender
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