pbQuestions increasingly dominant urban planning orthodoxies and whether they truly serve everyday city dwellersb p What makes some cities world class Increasingly, that designation reflects the use of a toolkit of urban planning practices and policies that circulates around the globe. These strategies--establishing creative districts dedicated to technology and design, greening the streets, reinventing historic districts as tourist draws--were deployed to build a globally competitive Buenos Aires after its devastating 2001 economic crisis. In this richly drawn account, Jacob Lederman explores what those efforts teach us about fast-evolving changes in city planning practices and why so many local officials chase a nearly identical vision of world-class urbanism. p Lederman explores the influence of Northern nongovernmental organizations and multilateral agencies on a prominent city of the global South. Using empirical data, keen observations, and interviews with people ranging from urb