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Global Business: Medellin’s Lessons

Fruit and Vegetable Seller

28/05/2015

Medellin’s Lessons

BBC World Service - Global Business, Medellin’s Lessons

What lessons does Medellin’s remarkable turnaround have for other troubled cities?

How can Medellin's transformation from murder capital to model of innovation be a lesson for other cities struggling with violence and poverty.

Over the past decade the Colombian city of Medellin has changed its reputation from murder capital to model of innovation. Peter Day investigates how the city’s transformation led by its public institutions might have lessons for other cities struggling with violence and poverty.

(Photo: Fruit and vegetable seller in Medellin, Columbia. BBC copyright)

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