Spatial Disparities and Development Policy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780821377239)

The Berlin Workshop Series 2009 presents selected papers from meetings held from September 30 - October 2, 2007, at the 10th Annual Forum co-hosted by InWEnt and the World Bank in preparation for the Bank's World Development Report. At the 2007 meetings, key researchers and policy makers from Europe, the United States, and developing countries met to identify and brainstorm on agriculture the development challenges and successes that are later examined in-depth in the World Development Report 2009. This volume presents papers from the Berlin Workshop sessions on issues relating to Understanding spatial trends: perspectives and models; new economic geography and the dynamics of technological change-implications for LDCs; perspectives: rural-urban transformation: leading, lagging and interlinking places; spatial disparity and labor mobility; country realities and policy options; learning from Europe's efforts at integration and convergence and spatial policy for growth and equity.

Author: Gudrun Kochendorfer-Lucius
ISBN-10: 082137723X
ISBN-13: 9780821377239
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Language: English
Published: 06/20/2009
Pages: 344
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2009 pg. 147