Regional Development Overview : Challenges, Adopted Strategies, and New Initiatives

Despite the increasing attention in recent years to the spatial dimensions of economic development, consideration of the importance of space and the recognition that macro, aspatial perspectives can prove to be misleading are not new. Around the wo...

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Main Authors:	Jackson, Randall W, Hewings, Geoffrey J. D., Rey, Serge, Lozano Gracia, Nancy
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	SPATIAL ECONOMICS REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT GROWTH POLE TRADE INEQUALITY MOBILITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/776861573499597819/Regional-Development-Overview-Challenges-Adopted-Strategies-and-New-Initiatives http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32665

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spelling	okr-10986-326652022-09-20T00:13:39Z Regional Development Overview : Challenges, Adopted Strategies, and New Initiatives Jackson, Randall W Hewings, Geoffrey J. D. Rey, Serge Lozano Gracia, Nancy SPATIAL ECONOMICS REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT GROWTH POLE TRADE INEQUALITY MOBILITY Despite the increasing attention in recent years to the spatial dimensions of economic development, consideration of the importance of space and the recognition that macro, aspatial perspectives can prove to be misleading are not new. Around the world, much of the disappointment with the outcomes from spatial interventions may be traced to a lack of understanding of how regional economies work. This paper reviews the challenges that the consideration of regions brings into economic analysis. This work provides an overview of some of the key methods and tools that can be used to gain a better understanding of how regional economies work. The review aims to guide practitioners and analysts in the use of tools for regional economic analysis and inform discussion of the challenges regions face and the opportunities on which they can build. 2019-11-21T18:16:10Z 2019-11-21T18:16:10Z 2019-11 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/776861573499597819/Regional-Development-Overview-Challenges-Adopted-Strategies-and-New-Initiatives http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32665 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9056 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
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description	Despite the increasing attention in recent years to the spatial dimensions of economic development, consideration of the importance of space and the recognition that macro, aspatial perspectives can prove to be misleading are not new. Around the world, much of the disappointment with the outcomes from spatial interventions may be traced to a lack of understanding of how regional economies work. This paper reviews the challenges that the consideration of regions brings into economic analysis. This work provides an overview of some of the key methods and tools that can be used to gain a better understanding of how regional economies work. The review aims to guide practitioners and analysts in the use of tools for regional economic analysis and inform discussion of the challenges regions face and the opportunities on which they can build.
format	Working Paper
author	Jackson, Randall W Hewings, Geoffrey J. D. Rey, Serge Lozano Gracia, Nancy
author_facet	Jackson, Randall W Hewings, Geoffrey J. D. Rey, Serge Lozano Gracia, Nancy
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title	Regional Development Overview : Challenges, Adopted Strategies, and New Initiatives
title_short	Regional Development Overview : Challenges, Adopted Strategies, and New Initiatives
title_full	Regional Development Overview : Challenges, Adopted Strategies, and New Initiatives
title_fullStr	Regional Development Overview : Challenges, Adopted Strategies, and New Initiatives
title_full_unstemmed	Regional Development Overview : Challenges, Adopted Strategies, and New Initiatives
title_sort	regional development overview : challenges, adopted strategies, and new initiatives
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/776861573499597819/Regional-Development-Overview-Challenges-Adopted-Strategies-and-New-Initiatives http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32665
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