Berlin Workshop Series 2009 : Spatial Disparities and Development Policy

Kochendorfer-Lucius, Gudrun; Pleskovic, Boris

dc.creator	Kochendorfer-Lucius, Gudrun
dc.creator	Pleskovic, Boris
dc.date	2012-03-19T10:03:58Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T10:03:58Z
dc.date	2009
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:39:43Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:39:43Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20090708005155
dc.identifier	978-0-8213-7723-9
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2650
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/243044
dc.description	The Berlin workshop series 2009 presents a selection of papers from meetings held on September 30-October 2, 2007, at the tenth annual Berlin workshop, jointly organized by InWent-Capacity Building International, Germany, and the World Bank in preparation for the World Bank's World Development Report (WDR) 2009. The workshop brings diverse perspectives from outside the World Bank, providing a forum in which to exchange ideas and engage in debate relevant to development of the WDR. The report will accordingly have three parts, each describing, explaining, or drawing lessons from the spatial transformations that have been observed in both developed and developing countries. The first section of the report will be factual and present the stylized facts on economic concentration and welfare disparities, for both developing and developed countries, over the last two centuries. The second part of the report will identify the main drivers of these changes, distilling the insights provided by the advances in economic thought over the last two decades. The third section of the report will discuss the policy implications, in essence identifying the public policy priorities that help countries to realize the immediate economic benefits of greater concentration and the social and long-term economic benefits of moderate spatial disparities. In essence, the report will emphasize that neighborhoods are important for development. This is true for cities, for regions, and for countries: it is difficult for a city to prosper in the middle of a squalid countryside, it is difficult for a province to prosper rapidly when other provinces in the country are squalid, and it is difficult for a country to prosper for long when the countries around it are mired in squalor. The report will propose that the solution for cities, regions, and countries is to invest in neighborhoods. The principle is to deepen integration and not to attempt isolation.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.relation	Berlin Workshop Series 2009
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ABSOLUTE ADVANTAGE
dc.subject	ABUSE
dc.subject	AGRICULTURE
dc.subject	ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
dc.subject	AVERAGE COSTS
dc.subject	BENEFICIARIES
dc.subject	BID
dc.subject	CAPACITY BUILDING
dc.subject	CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
dc.subject	CHILD HEALTH
dc.subject	CHILD MORBIDITY
dc.subject	CITIZENS
dc.subject	COMMODITY PRICES
dc.subject	COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
dc.subject	COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
dc.subject	COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subject	COMPETITIVE MARKET
dc.subject	COMPETITIVENESS
dc.subject	CONSUMERS
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION LEVELS
dc.subject	COORDINATION FAILURE
dc.subject	COORDINATION FAILURES
dc.subject	COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN
dc.subject	CREDIBILITY
dc.subject	CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITS
dc.subject	DECENTRALIZATION
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT BANK
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT PLANS
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
dc.subject	DIMINISHING RETURNS
dc.subject	DIMINISHING RETURNS TO SCALE
dc.subject	DISSEMINATION
dc.subject	DIVISION OF LABOR
dc.subject	DRIVERS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC BENEFITS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC COMPLEMENTARITIES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC CONCENTRATION
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC PROGRESS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC RESEARCH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC THEORY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC THOUGHT
dc.subject	ECONOMICS
dc.subject	ECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subject	EMERGING ECONOMIES
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subject	EQUIPMENT
dc.subject	EXPORTS
dc.subject	EXTERNALITIES
dc.subject	EXTERNALITY
dc.subject	FACTOR MARKETS
dc.subject	FAMILY MEMBERS
dc.subject	FEDERAL RESERVE
dc.subject	FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
dc.subject	FINANCIAL SECTOR
dc.subject	FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
dc.subject	FOREIGN MARKETS
dc.subject	GDP
dc.subject	GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subject	GLOBAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	GLOBAL MARKETS
dc.subject	GLOBALIZATION
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT POLICIES
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT SPENDING
dc.subject	GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subject	GROWTH THEORY
dc.subject	HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
dc.subject	IMMIGRANTS
dc.subject	IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INCOME GROWTH
dc.subject	INCOME LEVELS
dc.subject	INCREASING RETURNS
dc.subject	INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
dc.subject	INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	INFLATIONARY PRESSURES
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
dc.subject	INNOVATION
dc.subject	INSTRUMENT
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subject	INVESTING
dc.subject	INVESTMENT CLIMATE
dc.subject	INVESTMENT CLIMATES
dc.subject	LABOR FORCE
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	LABOR MOBILITY
dc.subject	LARGE CITIES
dc.subject	LEGAL STATUS
dc.subject	LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subject	LEVEL PLAYING FIELD
dc.subject	LEVELS OF PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	LIMITED RESOURCES
dc.subject	LIVING STANDARDS
dc.subject	LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subject	MACROECONOMIC POLICIES
dc.subject	MACROECONOMIC POLICY
dc.subject	MACROECONOMICS
dc.subject	MARKET ACCESS
dc.subject	MARKET FAILURES
dc.subject	MARKET MECHANISM
dc.subject	MARKET SIZE
dc.subject	MIGRANT
dc.subject	MIGRANTS
dc.subject	MIGRATION
dc.subject	MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subject	MOBILITY OF LABOR
dc.subject	MOTIVATION
dc.subject	MULTIPLE EQUILIBRIA
dc.subject	NATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subject	NATURAL ENDOWMENTS
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCE
dc.subject	NEWLY INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES
dc.subject	OIL PRICE
dc.subject	OPPORTUNISTIC BEHAVIOR
dc.subject	PECUNIARY EXTERNALITIES
dc.subject	PER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subject	POLICY CHANGE
dc.subject	POLICY IMPLICATIONS
dc.subject	POLICY MAKERS
dc.subject	POLICY REGIME
dc.subject	POLICY RESPONSE
dc.subject	POLICY RESPONSES
dc.subject	POLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	POLITICAL PROCESS
dc.subject	POLITICAL STABILITY
dc.subject	POLLUTION
dc.subject	POPULATION CHANGE
dc.subject	POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject	PRICE CHANGES
dc.subject	PRICE INCREASES
dc.subject	PRODUCT MARKETS
dc.subject	PRODUCTION PROCESS
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVE ASSETS
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	PROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subject	PUBLIC POLICY
dc.subject	PUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subject	PUBLIC SPHERE
dc.subject	RECIPROCAL EXTERNALITIES
dc.subject	REGIONAL AGREEMENTS
dc.subject	REGIONAL COOPERATION
dc.subject	REGIONAL INEQUALITIES
dc.subject	REGIONAL POLICIES
dc.subject	REGIONAL POLICY
dc.subject	REGIONAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
dc.subject	REMITTANCE
dc.subject	REMITTANCES
dc.subject	RENTS
dc.subject	RESEARCH COMMUNITY
dc.subject	RESPECT
dc.subject	RETURN
dc.subject	RULE OF LAW
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	RURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	RURAL POPULATION
dc.subject	RURAL POVERTY
dc.subject	SCALE EFFECTS
dc.subject	SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subject	SMALL WORLD
dc.subject	SOCIAL BENEFITS
dc.subject	SOCIAL CAPITAL
dc.subject	SOCIAL COHESION
dc.subject	SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SOCIAL INEQUALITIES
dc.subject	SOCIAL SUPPORT
dc.subject	SPACE IN ECONOMICS
dc.subject	SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	SPILLOVER
dc.subject	SUPPLIERS
dc.subject	TAX
dc.subject	TRADE BARRIERS
dc.subject	TRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject	TRADE POLICIES
dc.subject	TRADE POLICY
dc.subject	TRADING
dc.subject	TRANSPORTATION
dc.subject	UNSKILLED WORKERS
dc.subject	URBAN AREAS
dc.subject	URBAN CENTERS
dc.subject	URBAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	URBAN POVERTY
dc.subject	URBAN SETTLEMENTS
dc.subject	URBANIZATION
dc.subject	VALUE ADDED
dc.subject	WAGE RATES
dc.subject	WAGES
dc.subject	WAR
dc.subject	WEALTH
dc.subject	WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
dc.subject	WTO
dc.title	Berlin Workshop Series 2009 : Spatial Disparities and Development Policy
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication