World development report : reshaping economic geography.

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Washington : The World Bank, c2009Description: xxiii, 383 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmISBN:

9780821376072

Subject(s):

ECONOMY

LOC classification:

HC 428 .W67 2009

Contents:

Part one : Seeing development in 3-D -- 1. Density -- 2. Distance -- 3. Division -- Part two : Shaping economic geography -- 4. Scale economies and agglomeration -- 5. Factor mobility and migration -- 6. Transport costs and specialization -- Part three : Refraining the policy debates -- 7. Concentration without congestion : policies for an inclusive urbanization -- 8. Unity, not uniformity : effective approaches to territorial development -- 9. Winners without borders : integrating poor countries with world markets

Summary: Rising densities of human settlements, migration and transport to reduce distances to market, and specialization and trade facilitated by fewer international divisions are central to economic development. This report documents how production becomes more concentrated spatially as economies grow.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National University - Manila	LRC - Annex General Circulation	General Education	GC HC 428 .W67 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000011496

Includes index.

Rising densities of human settlements, migration and transport to reduce distances to market, and specialization and trade facilitated by fewer international divisions are central to economic development. This report documents how production becomes more concentrated spatially as economies grow.

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