Poor Places, Thriving People : How the Middle East and North Africa Can Rise above Spatial Disparities.

Geographical differences in living standards are a pressing concern for policy makers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Production is most efficient when concentrated in leading areas. So how can the region reduce spatial disparities in well-being without compromising growth? Poor P...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: World Bank
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2011.
Series:MENA development report.
Subjects:
Industrial location > Middle East.
Industrial location > Africa, North.
Space in economics.
Espace (Économie politique)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
Economic history > Regional disparities
Industrial location
Space in economics
Middle East > Economic conditions > Regional disparities.
Africa, North > Economic conditions > Regional disparities.
Moyen-Orient > Conditions économiques > Disparités régionales.
North Africa
Middle East
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Overview
  • The political demand: spatial equity without compromising productivity
  • Diagnose to prescribe. Uncovering the truth about spatial disparities
  • Policy package 1: levelling the playing field and investing in people
  • Policy package 2: connectivity
  • making spillovers work for poor places
  • Policy package 3: from subsidies to clusters
  • the new approach to local economic development
  • Proximity for all: public institutions for spatial policies.

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