Understanding the Sources of Spatial Disparity and Convergence : Evidence from Bangladesh

This paper utilizes the mixed effects model to measure and decompose spatial disparity in per capita expenditure in Bangladesh between 2000 and 2010. It finds a significant decline in spatial disparity in urban areas and the country as a whole but...

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Main Author:	Shilpi, Forhad
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER ACCESS TO SANITATION ACCESS TO SERVICES AGRICULTURAL WORKERS BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BULLETIN CITIES CLEAN DRINKING WATER COST OF LIVING INDICES CURRENT POPULATION DECLINE IN POVERTY DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DEPENDENCY RATIO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISTRICTS DRINKING WATER ECOLOGICAL ZONES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ENGINEERS EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY EXTERNALITIES FARM EMPLOYMENT FEWER HOUSEHOLDS GENDER HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSEHOLDS WITH ELECTRICITY HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INEQUALITY INTERNAL MIGRATION INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MOBILITY LACK OF INFORMATION LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE LAND QUALITY LARGE CITIES LIVING STANDARDS MIGRATION MOBILITY NATURAL RESOURCES NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR AREAS POOR COMMUNITIES POOR PEOPLE POORER REGIONS POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION DENSITY POVERTY ASSESSMENTS POVERTY HEAD POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION PRODUCTION WORKERS PROGRESS QUALITY OF LIFE REGIONAL CONVERGENCE REGIONAL DISPARITY REGIONAL DIVERGENCE REGIONAL INEQUALITIES REGIONAL INEQUALITY REGIONAL SCIENCES RENTS ROAD ROAD TRANSPORT RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL WORKERS SANITATION SCHOOL ACCESS SERVICE PROVISION SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL TENSIONS SPATIAL DIFFERENCES SPATIAL DISPARITY SPATIAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL SPATIAL INEQUALITY SPATIAL VARIATIONS TRANSPORT COSTS TRAVEL TIME TRAVEL TIMES TV URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS WEALTH WORKFORCE mixed effects model infrastructure neighborhood correlation sorting
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17940164/understanding-sources-spatial-disparity-convergence-evidence-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15877

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17940164/understanding-sources-spatial-disparity-convergence-evidence-bangladesh
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15877

Understanding the Sources of Spatial Disparity and Convergence : Evidence from Bangladesh

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