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Financial Centre
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Sassen, Saskia
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Princeton University Press
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ISBN 0-691-07063-6
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Loughborough University
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Foreign Policy
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Human Development Report
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Bloomberg
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Loughborough University
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29 September
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2005
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Mercer
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10 April
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2006
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UN-HABITAT
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21 June
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2006
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Mercer
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26 June
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2006
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Forbes
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Loughborough University
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8 December
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2004
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Loughborough University
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17 February
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2005
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UNESCO
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Loughborough University
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21 September
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2005
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BBC
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10 March
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PriceWaterhouseCoopers
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