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The Urbanization Project's Charter Cities initiative, led by Prof. Paul Romer, is highlighted

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Excerpt from The Week -- "The second is charter cities, the brilliant idea by the development economist Paul Romer to create new 'Hong Kongs' in the world's poorest areas. Just as British governance in Hong Kong enabled millions of Chinese to escape Communist poverty — and eventually helped lead the Chinese Communist regime to reform, lifting hundreds of millions more out of poverty — this could be repeated across the world's poorest areas."

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