UID:
edoccha_9958091335602883
Format:
xxiii, 383 pages :
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col. illustrations, color maps ;
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27 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9786611878702
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1-281-87870-7
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0-8213-7608-X
Series Statement:
World development report ; 2009
Content:
Places do well when they promote transformations along the dimensions of economic geography: higher densities as cities grow; shorter distances as workers and businesses migrate closer to density; and fewer divisions as nations lower their economic borders and enter world markets to take advantage of scale and trade in specialized products. World Development Report 2009 concludes that the transformations along these three dimensions-density, distance, and division-are essential for development and should be encouraged.The conclusion is controversial. Slum-dwellers now number a billion, but the
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Data Notes; Geography in motion: The Report at a Glance-Density, Distance, and Division; Map G0.1 Density-why it pays to be close to Tokyo; Map G0.2 Distance-why Americans must be mobile; Map G0.3 Division-what prevents progress in Africa does not in Western Europe; Figure G0.1 The Report can be read by part or by policy; Map G0.4 How markets view the world; Overview; Box 1 Three geographic scales: local, national, and international; Map 1 The biggest development challenges-at the local, national, and international geographic scales
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Box 2 The three dimensions of development: density, distance, and division Table 1 Density is most important locally, distance nationally, and division internationally; Figure 1 At all three geographic scales, the patterns of concentration of economic activity are similar; Figure 2 At all three geographic scales, the patterns of convergence in living standards are similar; Figure 3 Later developers face a different world; Map 2 Settlements of varying size facilitate different scale economies
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Map 3 Migrating to reduce distance to density: Despite the obstacles, Chinese workers have migrated in the millions Map 4 Migrating to reduce distance to density: Brazil's young workers move in thousands to get closer to economic density; Map 5 Migrating to reduce distance to density: Migration in India has been less frenetic; Figure 4 Intraindustry trade is high in North America, Western Europe, Oceania, and East Asia; Box 3 Intraindustry trade and intermediate inputs; Box 4 New insights from a generation of analysis
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Table 2 Agglomeration, migration, and specialization are the most important forces-and land, labor, and intermediate inputs the most sensitive factor markets Table 3 "An I for a D?" A rule of thumb for calibrating the policy response; Figure 5 In charted waters: the pace of urbanization today has precedents; Map 6 As urbanization advances, policies must evolve; Box 5 Concentration without congestion in western China: Chongqing and Chengdu; Figure 6 Quicker geographic convergence in basic living standards in Malaysia; Map 7 Three types of countries, differing challenges for area development
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Figure 7 Northeast, Southeast, and South Asia have been catching up to developed nations Map 8 Market access distinguishes world regions; Navigating This Report; Box 0.1 What this Report is not about; Map 0.1 Three geographic scales-area, country, and region; Box 0.2 This Report's regions are more detailed than the World Bank's; Box 0.3 This Report's message is not anti-equity; Box 0.4 Fresh insights from economic geography: concentration, convergence, and integration; Figure 0.1 A navigational aid for the reader; Geography in motion: Overcoming Distance in North America
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Map G1.1 The U.S. geographic center of population gravity moved 1,371 kilometers between 1790 and 2000
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-7640-3
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-7607-1
Language:
English
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