Identifying the Economic Potential of Indian Districts
Despite its rapid growth in recent decades, GDP per capita in India remains at a relatively low level by international standards, and the country continues to be marked by large subnational disparities in levels of well-being. These large dispariti...
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okr-10986-241652021-05-25T10:54:34Z Identifying the Economic Potential of Indian Districts Roberts, Mark LIMITED SUB-NATIONAL MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS TRAVEL TRANSPORTATION URBANIZATION CITY COSTS OF TRANSPORTATION STOCK CORPORATIONS INCOME BANK LTD. URBAN SETTLEMENTS REPORTS POPULATION DENSITY URBAN AREAS ASSOCIATION CORP. ROUTES HIGHWAYS CITIES TOWNS LAND TENURE TOWN CITY COMPETITIVENESS ROADS COST OF TRANSPORTATION LENGTH OF ROADS LOCAL TRANSPORT LOCAL ROADS SUBNATIONAL HIGHWAY SETTLEMENTS STATE LAND MUNICIPALITY STATES ROAD INVESTMENT COSTS PER CAPITA INCOME ROAD NETWORK AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES TRANSPORT POVERTY UNION MUNICIPAL COUNCILS FIXED COSTS DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS METROPOLITAN AREAS MOBILITY EXTERNALITIES UNIVERSITY INVESTMENTS SOCIETY COSTS OF TRANSPORT ORGANIZATIONS POVERTY RATE TRUE PERSONS TRAVEL TIMES TRAVEL TIME DISTRICT LEVEL METROPOLITAN ECONOMIES ROUTE FREIGHT DISTRICTS ROAD QUALITY DIRECTORS INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT Despite its rapid growth in recent decades, GDP per capita in India remains at a relatively low level by international standards, and the country continues to be marked by large subnational disparities in levels of well-being. These large disparities naturally lead to interest in India’s spatial landscape of potential for economic development. Against this backdrop, this paper presents the results of an analysis of underlying variations in economic potential across Indian districts, where economic potential is defined as the extent to which a district possesses factors that are important determinants of the ability to experience a high level of productivity. The analysis is based on a simple composite Economic Potential Index, which is constructed from variables for which robust evidence exists of their importance as determinants of local productivity. From the analysis, a picture emerges of a heterogeneous landscape of economic potential characterized by strong geographic clustering of districts. The paper also reveals particularly high levels of underperformance, relative to potential, for districts in Uttar Pradesh. 2016-04-26T20:59:43Z 2016-04-26T20:59:43Z 2016-04 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26180090/identifying-economic-potential-indian-districts http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24165 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7623 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia India |
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LIMITED SUB-NATIONAL MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS TRAVEL TRANSPORTATION URBANIZATION CITY COSTS OF TRANSPORTATION STOCK CORPORATIONS INCOME BANK LTD. URBAN SETTLEMENTS REPORTS POPULATION DENSITY URBAN AREAS ASSOCIATION CORP. ROUTES HIGHWAYS CITIES TOWNS LAND TENURE TOWN CITY COMPETITIVENESS ROADS COST OF TRANSPORTATION LENGTH OF ROADS LOCAL TRANSPORT LOCAL ROADS SUBNATIONAL HIGHWAY SETTLEMENTS STATE LAND MUNICIPALITY STATES ROAD INVESTMENT COSTS PER CAPITA INCOME ROAD NETWORK AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES TRANSPORT POVERTY UNION MUNICIPAL COUNCILS FIXED COSTS DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS METROPOLITAN AREAS MOBILITY EXTERNALITIES UNIVERSITY INVESTMENTS SOCIETY COSTS OF TRANSPORT ORGANIZATIONS POVERTY RATE TRUE PERSONS TRAVEL TIMES TRAVEL TIME DISTRICT LEVEL METROPOLITAN ECONOMIES ROUTE FREIGHT DISTRICTS ROAD QUALITY DIRECTORS INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT |
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LIMITED SUB-NATIONAL MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS TRAVEL TRANSPORTATION URBANIZATION CITY COSTS OF TRANSPORTATION STOCK CORPORATIONS INCOME BANK LTD. URBAN SETTLEMENTS REPORTS POPULATION DENSITY URBAN AREAS ASSOCIATION CORP. ROUTES HIGHWAYS CITIES TOWNS LAND TENURE TOWN CITY COMPETITIVENESS ROADS COST OF TRANSPORTATION LENGTH OF ROADS LOCAL TRANSPORT LOCAL ROADS SUBNATIONAL HIGHWAY SETTLEMENTS STATE LAND MUNICIPALITY STATES ROAD INVESTMENT COSTS PER CAPITA INCOME ROAD NETWORK AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES TRANSPORT POVERTY UNION MUNICIPAL COUNCILS FIXED COSTS DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS METROPOLITAN AREAS MOBILITY EXTERNALITIES UNIVERSITY INVESTMENTS SOCIETY COSTS OF TRANSPORT ORGANIZATIONS POVERTY RATE TRUE PERSONS TRAVEL TIMES TRAVEL TIME DISTRICT LEVEL METROPOLITAN ECONOMIES ROUTE FREIGHT DISTRICTS ROAD QUALITY DIRECTORS INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT Roberts, Mark Identifying the Economic Potential of Indian Districts |
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Despite its rapid growth in recent
decades, GDP per capita in India remains at a relatively low
level by international standards, and the country continues
to be marked by large subnational disparities in levels of
well-being. These large disparities naturally lead to
interest in India’s spatial landscape of potential for
economic development. Against this backdrop, this paper
presents the results of an analysis of underlying variations
in economic potential across Indian districts, where
economic potential is defined as the extent to which a
district possesses factors that are important determinants
of the ability to experience a high level of productivity.
The analysis is based on a simple composite Economic
Potential Index, which is constructed from variables for
which robust evidence exists of their importance as
determinants of local productivity. From the analysis, a
picture emerges of a heterogeneous landscape of economic
potential characterized by strong geographic clustering of
districts. The paper also reveals particularly high levels
of underperformance, relative to potential, for districts in
Uttar Pradesh. |
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Identifying the Economic Potential of Indian Districts |
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Identifying the Economic Potential of Indian Districts |
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Identifying the Economic Potential of Indian Districts |
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Identifying the Economic Potential of Indian Districts |
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Identifying the Economic Potential of Indian Districts |
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identifying the economic potential of indian districts |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2016 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26180090/identifying-economic-potential-indian-districts http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24165 |
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