Spatial Inequality and Economic Development : Theories, Facts, and Policies

Spatial inequality is an important feature of many developing countries that seems to increase with economic growth and development. At the same time, there seems to be little consensus on the causes of spatial inequality and on a list of effective policy instruments that may foster or reduce spatial inequality. This paper examines the theoretical and empirical literature on spatial inequality to learn what we know and do not know about the causes of spatial inequality, to investigate what policies may or may not ameliorate spatial inequality, and to determine whether policy makers can identify and implement policies that promote or reduce spatial inequality.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Kim, Sukkoo
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2008
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE ADVANTAGE, ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ACCIDENTS, AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, AGRICULTURAL WORKERS, AGRICULTURE, AIRCRAFT, AUTOMOBILE, BACKWARD REGIONS, CENTRAL CITIES, CENTRAL REGION, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATIC CHANGE, COMPETITIVE MARKET, CONGESTION, CONGESTION COSTS, CONSTANT RETURNS, CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE, CONSUMER DEMAND, CONSUMERS, CROSS-COUNTRY DATA, DATA QUALITY, DATA SET, DECENTRALIZATION, DECOMPOSITION IDENTITY, DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, DIVERSIFICATION, DRIVING, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY, ECONOMIC FACTORS, ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC INEQUALITY, ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, ECONOMIC POWER, ECONOMIC RESEARCH, ECONOMIC REVIEW, ECONOMIC STRUCTURE, ECONOMIC STRUCTURES, ECONOMICS RESEARCH, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, EMPIRICAL ADVANCES, EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE, EMPIRICAL FINDINGS, EMPIRICAL LITERATURE, EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIP, EMPIRICAL RESEARCH, EMPIRICAL STUDIES, EMPIRICAL SUPPORT, EMPIRICAL WORK, EMPIRICAL WORKS, ETHNIC CONFLICT, EXPORTS, EXTERNALITIES, EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES, FACTOR ENDOWMENTS, FAMINE, FARMERS, FISCAL POLICIES, FOOD PROCESSING, FOREIGN TRADE, FUELS, FUTURE RESEARCH, GDP, GDP PER CAPITA, GINI COEFFICIENT, GNP, GNP PER CAPITA, GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES, GROWING ECONOMY, HIGH INEQUALITY, HIGH TRANSPORTATION, HIGHWAY, HIGHWAY INVESTMENTS, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD INCOMES, HOUSING, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, IMPERFECT COMPETITION, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INCOME GROWTH, INCOME INEQUALITY, INCREASING RETURNS, INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE, INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY, INDUSTRIALIZATION, INEQUALITY MEASURES, INEQUALITY RESULTS, INEQUALITY WILL INCREASE, INFANT MORTALITY, INFRASTRUCTURES, INHERITANCE, INSURANCE, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INTERREGIONAL CONVERGENCE, INTERREGIONAL TRADE, INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET, LAGGING REGIONS, MARKET IMPERFECTIONS, MOBILITY, MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION, MOTOR VEHICLES, MULTIPLE EQUILIBRIA, NATIONAL SAMPLES, NATURAL RESOURCES, NEGATIVE CORRELATION, NEOCLASSICAL MODEL, NEOCLASSICAL MODELS, OPTIMIZATION, PATRONAGE, PERFECT COMPETITION, POLICY IMPLICATIONS, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLITICAL ECONOMY CONSIDERATIONS, POLITICAL INSTABILITY, POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS, POLLUTION, POOR, POOR DATA, POOR REGIONS, POPULATION DENSITY, POPULATION GROWTH, POSITIVE EFFECT, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION, PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PUBLIC GOODS, PURCHASING POWER, RAIL, RAIL INVESTMENTS, RAPID GROWTH, REGIONAL COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, REGIONAL COSTS, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, REGIONAL DIFFERENCES, REGIONAL DISPARITIES, REGIONAL DIVERGENCE, REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, REGIONAL ECONOMICS, REGIONAL ECONOMIES, REGIONAL INCOME, REGIONAL INCOME INEQUALITY, REGIONAL INCOMES, REGIONAL INEQUALITIES, REGIONAL INEQUALITY, REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS, REGIONAL LEVEL, REGIONAL LOCATION, REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE, REGIONAL SCIENCE, REGIONAL SPECIALIZATION, REGIONAL UNITS, REMOTE AREAS, RENT SEEKING, RESOURCE ENDOWMENTS, RETURNS TO SCALE, ROAD, ROADS, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, RURAL HINTERLAND, RURAL INCOMES, RURAL MARKETS, RURAL MIGRANTS, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL SECTOR, RURAL WAGES, RURAL WORKER, SAVINGS, SHARECROPPING, SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, SKILLED WORKERS, SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT, SPATIAL DISPARITY, SPATIAL IMPACT, SPATIAL INEQUALITIES, SPATIAL INEQUALITY, SPATIAL VARIATIONS, TARGETING, TAX, TAX SUBSIDIES, TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY, TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, TRADE BARRIERS, TRADE LIBERALIZATION, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORTATION COSTS, TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS, UNDERDEVELOPED REGIONS, URBAN CONGESTION, WAGE DIFFERENTIALS, WAGE PREMIUM, WAR,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/803661468330972127/Spatial-inequality-and-economic-development-theories-facts-and-policies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28050
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