Territorial Development Policy : A Practitioner's Guide

Policymakers in developing countries are increasingly recognizing the necessity of developing strategies and identifying specific investment programs to reduce spatial differences in living standards within their national territories. Choosing amon...

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Main Author: Lall, Somik V.
Format: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth Study
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
GDP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/05/16461390/territorial-development-policy-practitioners-guide
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topic ABSOLUTE TERMS
ACCESS TO MARKETS
ACCESSIBILITY
ACCESSIBILITY INDICES
ACCESSIBILITY TO MARKETS
ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS
AGGLOMERATION BENEFITS
AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES
AGRICULTURE
AUTOMOBILE
AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY
AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY
BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
BENCHMARK
BOTTLENECKS
CENTRAL REGION
COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT
CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE
CONSUMER GOODS
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
CROP PRODUCTION
DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT
DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT SERVICES
DEREGULATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DIVERSIFICATION
DRIVERS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC CONCENTRATION
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMIC GROUPINGS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC REGION
ECONOMIC STRUCTURES
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMICS LITERATURE
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EFFICIENCY OF INFRASTRUCTURE
ELASTICITIES
ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES
EXPECTED RETURN
EXPECTED RETURNS
EXTERNALITIES
FARMERS
FIXED COSTS
FOOD PROCESSING
FOOD PRODUCTS
FREIGHT
FREIGHT TRANSPORT
FUEL
FUEL COSTS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GINI COEFFICIENT
GROWTH ACROSS REGIONS
GROWTH POTENTIAL
HIGH TRANSPORT
HIGHWAY
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
HIGHWAY PROJECTS
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HOUSING
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
ILLITERACY
INCOME
INCOME ACROSS REGIONS
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME LEVELS
INCREASING RETURNS
INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE POLICIES
INFRASTRUCTURES
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERREGIONAL TRADE
INTERREGIONAL TRANSPORT
LAGGING REGION
LAGGING REGIONS
LAND SIZE
LENGTH OF MOTORWAYS
LIVING STANDARDS
MARGINAL PRODUCT
MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY
MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY
MOBILITY
MONOPOLIES
MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN
NATIONAL INCOME
NATIONAL POVERTY
NATURAL ENDOWMENTS
NOMINAL INCOME
NUTRITION
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOMES
PERIPHERAL REGIONS
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR MARKET ACCESS
POOR PEOPLE
POOR REGIONS
POORER REGIONS
POPULATION DENSITIES
POVERTY ESTIMATES
POVERTY INCIDENCE
POVERTY MAP
POVERTY MAPS
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRODUCTION COSTS
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
RAILROAD
RAILROADS
RAILWAY
RAILWAY STATIONS
RAILWAYS
REDUCTION IN TRAVEL
REGIONAL ALLOCATION
REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
REGIONAL CONVERGENCE
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
REGIONAL DISPARITIES
REGIONAL DISPARITY
REGIONAL DUMMY
REGIONAL EFFECTS
REGIONAL GROWTH
REGIONAL IMBALANCES
REGIONAL IMPACTS
REGIONAL INCOMES
REGIONAL INDICATORS
REGIONAL INEQUALITIES
REGIONAL INEQUALITY
REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
REGIONAL LEVEL
REGIONAL LEVELS
REGIONAL MARKET
REGIONAL POLICIES
REGIONAL POLICY
REGIONAL PRODUCT
REGIONAL PRODUCTION
REGIONAL RESOURCE ALLOCATION
REGIONAL SPECIALIZATION
REGIONAL STRATEGY
REGIONAL TRADE
REGIONAL TRAVEL
REGIONAL VARIATIONS
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
REMOTE AREAS
REMOTE LOCATIONS
REMOTE REGIONS
RICH REGIONS
ROAD
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
ROAD MAINTENANCE
ROAD NETWORK
ROAD TYPE
ROADS
ROUTES
RURAL AREAS
SANITATION
SCHOOLING
SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT
SPATIAL DIFFERENCES
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
SPATIAL EQUITY
SPATIAL IMPACT
SPATIAL INEQUALITIES
SPATIAL INEQUALITY
SPATIAL ORGANIZATION
SPATIAL POLICY
SPATIAL SCALE
SUBSISTENCE
SUBSISTENCE FARMERS
TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT
TRAFFIC
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT CORRIDORS
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENTS
TRANSPORT INDUSTRY
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS
TRANSPORT NETWORK
TRANSPORT SECTOR
TRANSPORT SYSTEM
TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION COSTS
TRANSPORTATION RATES
TRAVEL COSTS
TRAVEL TIME
TRAVEL TIMES
TRUCKS
TRUE
UNEMPLOYMENT
UTILITY FUNCTION
VEHICLE
VEHICLE COSTS
VEHICLES
WEALTH
WELFARE IMPROVEMENTS
spellingShingle ABSOLUTE TERMS
ACCESS TO MARKETS
ACCESSIBILITY
ACCESSIBILITY INDICES
ACCESSIBILITY TO MARKETS
ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS
AGGLOMERATION BENEFITS
AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES
AGRICULTURE
AUTOMOBILE
AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY
AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY
BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
BENCHMARK
BOTTLENECKS
CENTRAL REGION
COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT
CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE
CONSUMER GOODS
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
CROP PRODUCTION
DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT
DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT SERVICES
DEREGULATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DIVERSIFICATION
DRIVERS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC CONCENTRATION
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMIC GROUPINGS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC REGION
ECONOMIC STRUCTURES
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMICS LITERATURE
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EFFICIENCY OF INFRASTRUCTURE
ELASTICITIES
ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES
EXPECTED RETURN
EXPECTED RETURNS
EXTERNALITIES
FARMERS
FIXED COSTS
FOOD PROCESSING
FOOD PRODUCTS
FREIGHT
FREIGHT TRANSPORT
FUEL
FUEL COSTS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GINI COEFFICIENT
GROWTH ACROSS REGIONS
GROWTH POTENTIAL
HIGH TRANSPORT
HIGHWAY
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
HIGHWAY PROJECTS
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HOUSING
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
ILLITERACY
INCOME
INCOME ACROSS REGIONS
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME LEVELS
INCREASING RETURNS
INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE POLICIES
INFRASTRUCTURES
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERREGIONAL TRADE
INTERREGIONAL TRANSPORT
LAGGING REGION
LAGGING REGIONS
LAND SIZE
LENGTH OF MOTORWAYS
LIVING STANDARDS
MARGINAL PRODUCT
MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY
MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY
MOBILITY
MONOPOLIES
MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN
NATIONAL INCOME
NATIONAL POVERTY
NATURAL ENDOWMENTS
NOMINAL INCOME
NUTRITION
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOMES
PERIPHERAL REGIONS
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR MARKET ACCESS
POOR PEOPLE
POOR REGIONS
POORER REGIONS
POPULATION DENSITIES
POVERTY ESTIMATES
POVERTY INCIDENCE
POVERTY MAP
POVERTY MAPS
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRODUCTION COSTS
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
RAILROAD
RAILROADS
RAILWAY
RAILWAY STATIONS
RAILWAYS
REDUCTION IN TRAVEL
REGIONAL ALLOCATION
REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
REGIONAL CONVERGENCE
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
REGIONAL DISPARITIES
REGIONAL DISPARITY
REGIONAL DUMMY
REGIONAL EFFECTS
REGIONAL GROWTH
REGIONAL IMBALANCES
REGIONAL IMPACTS
REGIONAL INCOMES
REGIONAL INDICATORS
REGIONAL INEQUALITIES
REGIONAL INEQUALITY
REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
REGIONAL LEVEL
REGIONAL LEVELS
REGIONAL MARKET
REGIONAL POLICIES
REGIONAL POLICY
REGIONAL PRODUCT
REGIONAL PRODUCTION
REGIONAL RESOURCE ALLOCATION
REGIONAL SPECIALIZATION
REGIONAL STRATEGY
REGIONAL TRADE
REGIONAL TRAVEL
REGIONAL VARIATIONS
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
REMOTE AREAS
REMOTE LOCATIONS
REMOTE REGIONS
RICH REGIONS
ROAD
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
ROAD MAINTENANCE
ROAD NETWORK
ROAD TYPE
ROADS
ROUTES
RURAL AREAS
SANITATION
SCHOOLING
SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT
SPATIAL DIFFERENCES
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
SPATIAL EQUITY
SPATIAL IMPACT
SPATIAL INEQUALITIES
SPATIAL INEQUALITY
SPATIAL ORGANIZATION
SPATIAL POLICY
SPATIAL SCALE
SUBSISTENCE
SUBSISTENCE FARMERS
TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT
TRAFFIC
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT CORRIDORS
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENTS
TRANSPORT INDUSTRY
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS
TRANSPORT NETWORK
TRANSPORT SECTOR
TRANSPORT SYSTEM
TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION COSTS
TRANSPORTATION RATES
TRAVEL COSTS
TRAVEL TIME
TRAVEL TIMES
TRUCKS
TRUE
UNEMPLOYMENT
UTILITY FUNCTION
VEHICLE
VEHICLE COSTS
VEHICLES
WEALTH
WELFARE IMPROVEMENTS
Lall, Somik V.
Territorial Development Policy : A Practitioner's Guide
description Policymakers in developing countries are increasingly recognizing the necessity of developing strategies and identifying specific investment programs to reduce spatial differences in living standards within their national territories. Choosing among alternate policy instruments to support spatial convergence is not straightforward. Should the focus be social policies that support human development in lagging regions and promote migration to leading regions? Or infrastructure policies that connect lagging regions with markets in leading ones? Or investment and regulatory policies to create new clusters of economic activity in regions not favored by the market? The 2009 World Development Report (WDR) provides a policy framework for integrating lagging and leading areas within countries, prioritizing and sequencing policy instruments based on the severity of the territorial integration challenge. To operationalize the WDR's policy priorities, this report discusses analytic tools to measure the magnitude of regional disparities and identify where and in what activities specific policies and investments can be most effective. It also highlights potential economic and social tradeoffs of alternative policy instruments for pursuing spatial equity. Country case studies are provided to illustrate how these tools either inform a specific policy debate on territorial development or have been directly used to guide ongoing policy discussions between the Bank and counterparts in national and sub national governments.
format Economic & Sector Work :: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth Study
author Lall, Somik V.
author_facet Lall, Somik V.
author_sort Lall, Somik V.
title Territorial Development Policy : A Practitioner's Guide
title_short Territorial Development Policy : A Practitioner's Guide
title_full Territorial Development Policy : A Practitioner's Guide
title_fullStr Territorial Development Policy : A Practitioner's Guide
title_full_unstemmed Territorial Development Policy : A Practitioner's Guide
title_sort territorial development policy : a practitioner's guide
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/05/16461390/territorial-development-policy-practitioners-guide
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12698
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spelling okr-10986-126982021-04-23T14:03:05Z Territorial Development Policy : A Practitioner's Guide Lall, Somik V. ABSOLUTE TERMS ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCESSIBILITY ACCESSIBILITY INDICES ACCESSIBILITY TO MARKETS ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS AGGLOMERATION BENEFITS AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES AGRICULTURE AUTOMOBILE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BENCHMARK BOTTLENECKS CENTRAL REGION COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE CONSUMER GOODS CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CROP PRODUCTION DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT SERVICES DEREGULATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIVERSIFICATION DRIVERS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CONCENTRATION ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROUPINGS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC REGION ECONOMIC STRUCTURES ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS LITERATURE ECONOMIES OF SCALE EFFICIENCY OF INFRASTRUCTURE ELASTICITIES ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES EXPECTED RETURN EXPECTED RETURNS EXTERNALITIES FARMERS FIXED COSTS FOOD PROCESSING FOOD PRODUCTS FREIGHT FREIGHT TRANSPORT FUEL FUEL COSTS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GINI COEFFICIENT GROWTH ACROSS REGIONS GROWTH POTENTIAL HIGH TRANSPORT HIGHWAY HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION HIGHWAY PROJECTS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLITERACY INCOME INCOME ACROSS REGIONS INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME LEVELS INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE POLICIES INFRASTRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERREGIONAL TRADE INTERREGIONAL TRANSPORT LAGGING REGION LAGGING REGIONS LAND SIZE LENGTH OF MOTORWAYS LIVING STANDARDS MARGINAL PRODUCT MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY MOBILITY MONOPOLIES MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN NATIONAL INCOME NATIONAL POVERTY NATURAL ENDOWMENTS NOMINAL INCOME NUTRITION ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES PERIPHERAL REGIONS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR MARKET ACCESS POOR PEOPLE POOR REGIONS POORER REGIONS POPULATION DENSITIES POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY MAP POVERTY MAPS POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC INVESTMENTS RAILROAD RAILROADS RAILWAY RAILWAY STATIONS RAILWAYS REDUCTION IN TRAVEL REGIONAL ALLOCATION REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS REGIONAL CONVERGENCE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGIONAL DISPARITY REGIONAL DUMMY REGIONAL EFFECTS REGIONAL GROWTH REGIONAL IMBALANCES REGIONAL IMPACTS REGIONAL INCOMES REGIONAL INDICATORS REGIONAL INEQUALITIES REGIONAL INEQUALITY REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL LEVELS REGIONAL MARKET REGIONAL POLICIES REGIONAL POLICY REGIONAL PRODUCT REGIONAL PRODUCTION REGIONAL RESOURCE ALLOCATION REGIONAL SPECIALIZATION REGIONAL STRATEGY REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRAVEL REGIONAL VARIATIONS REGRESSION ANALYSIS REMOTE AREAS REMOTE LOCATIONS REMOTE REGIONS RICH REGIONS ROAD ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD NETWORK ROAD TYPE ROADS ROUTES RURAL AREAS SANITATION SCHOOLING SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT SPATIAL DIFFERENCES SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPATIAL EQUITY SPATIAL IMPACT SPATIAL INEQUALITIES SPATIAL INEQUALITY SPATIAL ORGANIZATION SPATIAL POLICY SPATIAL SCALE SUBSISTENCE SUBSISTENCE FARMERS TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT TRAFFIC TRANSPORT TRANSPORT CORRIDORS TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENTS TRANSPORT INDUSTRY TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS TRANSPORT NETWORK TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SYSTEM TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRANSPORTATION RATES TRAVEL COSTS TRAVEL TIME TRAVEL TIMES TRUCKS TRUE UNEMPLOYMENT UTILITY FUNCTION VEHICLE VEHICLE COSTS VEHICLES WEALTH WELFARE IMPROVEMENTS Policymakers in developing countries are increasingly recognizing the necessity of developing strategies and identifying specific investment programs to reduce spatial differences in living standards within their national territories. Choosing among alternate policy instruments to support spatial convergence is not straightforward. Should the focus be social policies that support human development in lagging regions and promote migration to leading regions? Or infrastructure policies that connect lagging regions with markets in leading ones? Or investment and regulatory policies to create new clusters of economic activity in regions not favored by the market? The 2009 World Development Report (WDR) provides a policy framework for integrating lagging and leading areas within countries, prioritizing and sequencing policy instruments based on the severity of the territorial integration challenge. To operationalize the WDR's policy priorities, this report discusses analytic tools to measure the magnitude of regional disparities and identify where and in what activities specific policies and investments can be most effective. It also highlights potential economic and social tradeoffs of alternative policy instruments for pursuing spatial equity. Country case studies are provided to illustrate how these tools either inform a specific policy debate on territorial development or have been directly used to guide ongoing policy discussions between the Bank and counterparts in national and sub national governments. 2013-03-13T18:39:33Z 2013-03-13T18:39:33Z 2009-05-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/05/16461390/territorial-development-policy-practitioners-guide http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12698 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth Study Economic & Sector Work