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• Hewitt, W. E. (1999). 'Cities working together to improve urban services in developing areas: The Toronto-Sao Paulo example'. Studies in Comparative International Development 34(1): 27.

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The structure and administrative impact of a cooperative urban development accord existing between the cities of Toronto, Canada and Sao Paulo, Brazil is examined. Using a case study approach, the extent to which urban service delivery in Sao Paulo has been facilitated by this agreement - focusing on the critical area of emergency care provision - is examined. It is suggested that as a form of development assistance, the type of international municipal cooperation demonstrated may have considerable potential, insofar at least as possibilities for real improvement to established service delivery mechanisms in developing areas are evident.