Identifying Spatial Efficiency-Equity Trade-offs in Territorial Development Policies : Evidence from Uganda

We contribute to the debate on the spatial allocation of infrastructure investments by examining where these investments generate the highest economic return (‘spatial efficiency’), and identifying trade-offs when infrastructure coverage is made more equitable across regions (‘spatial equity’). We e...

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Main Authors:	Lall, Somik V., Schroeder, Elizabeth, Schmidt, Emily
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2015
Subjects:	infrastructure industrial development preconditions
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21301

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spelling	okr-10986-213012021-04-23T14:04:01Z Identifying Spatial Efficiency-Equity Trade-offs in Territorial Development Policies : Evidence from Uganda Lall, Somik V. Schroeder, Elizabeth Schmidt, Emily infrastructure industrial development preconditions We contribute to the debate on the spatial allocation of infrastructure investments by examining where these investments generate the highest economic return (‘spatial efficiency’), and identifying trade-offs when infrastructure coverage is made more equitable across regions (‘spatial equity’). We estimate models of firm location choice in Uganda, drawing on insights from the new economic geography literature. The main findings show that manufacturing firms gain from being in areas that offer a diverse mix of economic activities. Public infrastructure investments in other locations are likely to attract fewer private investors, and will pose a spatial efficiency–equity trade-off. 2015-01-20T19:58:50Z 2015-01-20T19:58:50Z 2014-12-13 Journal Article Journal of Development Studies 0022-0388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21301 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Uganda
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description	We contribute to the debate on the spatial allocation of infrastructure investments by examining where these investments generate the highest economic return (‘spatial efficiency’), and identifying trade-offs when infrastructure coverage is made more equitable across regions (‘spatial equity’). We estimate models of firm location choice in Uganda, drawing on insights from the new economic geography literature. The main findings show that manufacturing firms gain from being in areas that offer a diverse mix of economic activities. Public infrastructure investments in other locations are likely to attract fewer private investors, and will pose a spatial efficiency–equity trade-off.
format	Journal Article
author	Lall, Somik V. Schroeder, Elizabeth Schmidt, Emily
author_facet	Lall, Somik V. Schroeder, Elizabeth Schmidt, Emily
author_sort	Lall, Somik V.
title	Identifying Spatial Efficiency-Equity Trade-offs in Territorial Development Policies : Evidence from Uganda
title_short	Identifying Spatial Efficiency-Equity Trade-offs in Territorial Development Policies : Evidence from Uganda
title_full	Identifying Spatial Efficiency-Equity Trade-offs in Territorial Development Policies : Evidence from Uganda
title_fullStr	Identifying Spatial Efficiency-Equity Trade-offs in Territorial Development Policies : Evidence from Uganda
title_full_unstemmed	Identifying Spatial Efficiency-Equity Trade-offs in Territorial Development Policies : Evidence from Uganda
title_sort	identifying spatial efficiency-equity trade-offs in territorial development policies : evidence from uganda
publisher	Taylor and Francis
publishDate	2015
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21301
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Identifying Spatial Efficiency-Equity Trade-offs in Territorial Development Policies : Evidence from Uganda

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