Urbanization, Inequality and Economic Growth : Evidence from Indian States

The possible implications of the urbanization process on development outcomes is explored in an intra-country rather than in a traditional cross-country setting, using Indian states over the Post-Independence period and Indian towns over the 21st century as the units of analysis. The empirical analy...

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Main Author: Calì, Massimiliano
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
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spelling okr-10986-92482021-04-23T14:02:44Z Urbanization, Inequality and Economic Growth : Evidence from Indian States Calì, Massimiliano World Development Report 2009 The possible implications of the urbanization process on development outcomes is explored in an intra-country rather than in a traditional cross-country setting, using Indian states over the Post-Independence period and Indian towns over the 21st century as the units of analysis. The empirical analysis revolves focuses on three main issues: 1) the evolution of rural-urban disparities and its relation with income; 2) the relation between the speed of urbanization and income growth; and 3) the evolution of urban concentration. 2012-06-26T15:42:43Z 2012-06-26T15:42:43Z 2009 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9248 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank South Asia
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Urbanization, Inequality and Economic Growth : Evidence from Indian States
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description The possible implications of the urbanization process on development outcomes is explored in an intra-country rather than in a traditional cross-country setting, using Indian states over the Post-Independence period and Indian towns over the 21st century as the units of analysis. The empirical analysis revolves focuses on three main issues: 1) the evolution of rural-urban disparities and its relation with income; 2) the relation between the speed of urbanization and income growth; and 3) the evolution of urban concentration.
author Calì, Massimiliano
author_facet Calì, Massimiliano
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title Urbanization, Inequality and Economic Growth : Evidence from Indian States
title_short Urbanization, Inequality and Economic Growth : Evidence from Indian States
title_full Urbanization, Inequality and Economic Growth : Evidence from Indian States
title_fullStr Urbanization, Inequality and Economic Growth : Evidence from Indian States
title_full_unstemmed Urbanization, Inequality and Economic Growth : Evidence from Indian States
title_sort urbanization, inequality and economic growth : evidence from indian states
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2012
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