Geography and Development

The most striking fact about the economic geography of the world is the uneven spatial distribution of economic activity, including the coexistence of economic development and underdevelopment. High-income regions are almost entirely concentrated i...

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Main Authors:	Henderson, J. Vernon, Shalizi, Zmarak, Venables, Anthony J.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AFFILIATE AFFILIATES AGGREGATE DEMAND BILATERAL TRADE CAPITAL GOODS CARBON CITY SIZE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSUMERS COST SAVINGS DECENTRALIZATION DECONCENTRATION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DIMINISHING RETURNS DIMINISHING RETURNS TO SCALE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY EMISSIONS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION EQUILIBRIUM EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL SERVICES GDP GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL HOUSING HOUSING PRICES HUMAN CAPITAL IMPORTS INCOME INCOME LEVELS INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INDUSTRIALIZATION INSURANCE INTERMEDIATE GOODS INTERMEDIATE INPUTS LABOR COSTS LAND PRICES LARGE CITIES LDCS LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARGINAL BENEFITS MARGINAL COSTS MARKET FACTORS METALS MIGRATION MORTALITY NATURAL ENDOWMENTS NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLICY RESEARCH POPULATION GROWTH PRICE DIFFERENCES PRODUCERS PRODUCTION COSTS PROFITABILITY REAL INCOME SCALE ECONOMIES SPATIAL ECONOMICS SPILLOVERS THEORETICAL MODELS TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE FLOWS TRADE VOLUME TRANSPORT URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATIONS URBANIZATION VALUE ADDED WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGES
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