Competitiveness and Connectivity : Integrating Lagging Regions in Global Markets

In recent decades, as integration of global trade and investment has accelerated, many countries both developing and developed have experienced widening disparities of output and income across regions within their borders. The emergence of entrench...

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Main Author:	Farole, Thomas
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE BANK POLICY BARRIERS TO COMPETITION BORDER REGIONS BRAIN DRAIN COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY CONNECTIVITY CONSUMERS DEREGULATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS DOMESTIC CAPITAL DOMESTIC MARKETS ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY EMERGING ECONOMIES EXPENDITURE EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS EXPORTERS EXPORTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBAL POVERTY GLOBAL TRADE GLOBALIZATION HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME ACROSS REGIONS INCOMES INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INPUT MARKETS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATE REFORMS LAGGING REGION LAGGING REGIONS LIBERALIZATION LOCAL MARKETS MARKET ACCESS METROPOLITAN REGIONS MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES MOUNTAINOUS REGION OUTPUT PERIPHERAL REGIONS POOR COUNTRIES POOR PEOPLE POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION REGIONAL COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGIONAL ECONOMIES REGIONAL ECONOMY REGIONAL GROWTH REGIONAL INEQUALITY REGIONAL MARKETS REGIONAL POLICIES REGIONAL POLICY REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE INTEGRATION REGULATORY BARRIERS REMOTE REGIONS RETURNS ROADS RURAL REGIONS SPATIAL PATTERNS TAX TRADE COMPETITIVENESS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRADING TRADING SYSTEM TRANSPORT URBAN REGIONS URBANIZATION
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spelling	okr-10986-170802021-04-23T14:03:33Z Competitiveness and Connectivity : Integrating Lagging Regions in Global Markets Farole, Thomas ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE BANK POLICY BARRIERS TO COMPETITION BORDER REGIONS BRAIN DRAIN COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY CONNECTIVITY CONSUMERS DEREGULATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS DOMESTIC CAPITAL DOMESTIC MARKETS ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY EMERGING ECONOMIES EXPENDITURE EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS EXPORTERS EXPORTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBAL POVERTY GLOBAL TRADE GLOBALIZATION HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME ACROSS REGIONS INCOMES INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INPUT MARKETS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATE REFORMS LAGGING REGION LAGGING REGIONS LIBERALIZATION LOCAL MARKETS MARKET ACCESS METROPOLITAN REGIONS MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES MOUNTAINOUS REGION OUTPUT PERIPHERAL REGIONS POOR COUNTRIES POOR PEOPLE POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION REGIONAL COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGIONAL ECONOMIES REGIONAL ECONOMY REGIONAL GROWTH REGIONAL INEQUALITY REGIONAL MARKETS REGIONAL POLICIES REGIONAL POLICY REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE INTEGRATION REGULATORY BARRIERS REMOTE REGIONS RETURNS ROADS RURAL REGIONS SPATIAL PATTERNS TAX TRADE COMPETITIVENESS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRADING TRADING SYSTEM TRANSPORT URBAN REGIONS URBANIZATION In recent decades, as integration of global trade and investment has accelerated, many countries both developing and developed have experienced widening disparities of output and income across regions within their borders. The emergence of entrenched 'leading' and 'lagging' regions is becoming an important policy challenge, particularly in many middle-income countries. This note discusses the role of trade integration in shaping and addressing the challenges of lagging regions. 2014-02-18T21:46:13Z 2014-02-18T21:46:13Z 2012-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/16843016/competitiveness-connectivity-integrating-lagging-regions-global-markets http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17080 English en_US Economic premise;no. 93 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic	ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE BANK POLICY BARRIERS TO COMPETITION BORDER REGIONS BRAIN DRAIN COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY CONNECTIVITY CONSUMERS DEREGULATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS DOMESTIC CAPITAL DOMESTIC MARKETS ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY EMERGING ECONOMIES EXPENDITURE EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS EXPORTERS EXPORTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBAL POVERTY GLOBAL TRADE GLOBALIZATION HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME ACROSS REGIONS INCOMES INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INPUT MARKETS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATE REFORMS LAGGING REGION LAGGING REGIONS LIBERALIZATION LOCAL MARKETS MARKET ACCESS METROPOLITAN REGIONS MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES MOUNTAINOUS REGION OUTPUT PERIPHERAL REGIONS POOR COUNTRIES POOR PEOPLE POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION REGIONAL COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGIONAL ECONOMIES REGIONAL ECONOMY REGIONAL GROWTH REGIONAL INEQUALITY REGIONAL MARKETS REGIONAL POLICIES REGIONAL POLICY REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE INTEGRATION REGULATORY BARRIERS REMOTE REGIONS RETURNS ROADS RURAL REGIONS SPATIAL PATTERNS TAX TRADE COMPETITIVENESS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRADING TRADING SYSTEM TRANSPORT URBAN REGIONS URBANIZATION
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE BANK POLICY BARRIERS TO COMPETITION BORDER REGIONS BRAIN DRAIN COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY CONNECTIVITY CONSUMERS DEREGULATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS DOMESTIC CAPITAL DOMESTIC MARKETS ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY EMERGING ECONOMIES EXPENDITURE EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS EXPORTERS EXPORTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBAL POVERTY GLOBAL TRADE GLOBALIZATION HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME ACROSS REGIONS INCOMES INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INPUT MARKETS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATE REFORMS LAGGING REGION LAGGING REGIONS LIBERALIZATION LOCAL MARKETS MARKET ACCESS METROPOLITAN REGIONS MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES MOUNTAINOUS REGION OUTPUT PERIPHERAL REGIONS POOR COUNTRIES POOR PEOPLE POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION REGIONAL COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGIONAL ECONOMIES REGIONAL ECONOMY REGIONAL GROWTH REGIONAL INEQUALITY REGIONAL MARKETS REGIONAL POLICIES REGIONAL POLICY REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE INTEGRATION REGULATORY BARRIERS REMOTE REGIONS RETURNS ROADS RURAL REGIONS SPATIAL PATTERNS TAX TRADE COMPETITIVENESS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRADING TRADING SYSTEM TRANSPORT URBAN REGIONS URBANIZATION Farole, Thomas Competitiveness and Connectivity : Integrating Lagging Regions in Global Markets
relation	Economic premise;no. 93
description	In recent decades, as integration of global trade and investment has accelerated, many countries both developing and developed have experienced widening disparities of output and income across regions within their borders. The emergence of entrenched 'leading' and 'lagging' regions is becoming an important policy challenge, particularly in many middle-income countries. This note discusses the role of trade integration in shaping and addressing the challenges of lagging regions.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	Farole, Thomas
author_facet	Farole, Thomas
author_sort	Farole, Thomas
title	Competitiveness and Connectivity : Integrating Lagging Regions in Global Markets
title_short	Competitiveness and Connectivity : Integrating Lagging Regions in Global Markets
title_full	Competitiveness and Connectivity : Integrating Lagging Regions in Global Markets
title_fullStr	Competitiveness and Connectivity : Integrating Lagging Regions in Global Markets
title_full_unstemmed	Competitiveness and Connectivity : Integrating Lagging Regions in Global Markets
title_sort	competitiveness and connectivity : integrating lagging regions in global markets
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/16843016/competitiveness-connectivity-integrating-lagging-regions-global-markets http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17080
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