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Examines roles of central and local authorities, the public sector, and private firms that produce and manage urban services, and local associations NGOS, and other parties; international in scope; 10 articles. Also published in French by Editions Pédone, Paris. Contents: What is new about globalisation and what does it portend for cities? by H.V. Savitch; Partnerships and urban governance, by Ingemar Elander; The changing urban discourse of the multilateral aid institutions, by Giulia De Ponte; Community governance and the new central-local relationship, by Gerhard Banner; Prospects for partnership among African cities, by El Hadj Mbodj; New social partners of local power in Poland, by Jacek Wódz; Local involvement in urban management: the experience of the city of Tunis, by Sémia Akrout-Yaïche; The promise and pitfalls of public-private partnerships in Korea, by Sang-Chuel Choe; Local initiatives and poverty reduction in urban areas: the example of Yeumbeul in Senegal, by Mohamed Soumaré; Infrastructure development: a public-private partnership, by Debendranath Sarangi.