Berlin Workshop Series 2009 : Spatial Disparities and Development Policy

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 prep...

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Main Authors: Kochendorfer-Lucius, Gudrun, Pleskovic, Boris
Format: Publication
Language:English
Published: World Bank 2012
Subjects:
BID
GDP
TAX
WAR
WTO
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topic ABSOLUTE ADVANTAGE
ABUSE
AGRICULTURE
ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
AVERAGE COSTS
BENEFICIARIES
BID
CAPACITY BUILDING
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD MORBIDITY
CITIZENS
COMMODITY PRICES
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM
COMPETITIVE MARKET
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMERS
CONSUMPTION LEVELS
COORDINATION FAILURE
COORDINATION FAILURES
COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN
CREDIBILITY
CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITS
DECENTRALIZATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT BANK
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS
DEVELOPMENT PLANS
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
DIMINISHING RETURNS
DIMINISHING RETURNS TO SCALE
DISSEMINATION
DIVISION OF LABOR
DRIVERS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC BENEFITS
ECONOMIC COMPLEMENTARITIES
ECONOMIC CONCENTRATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC PROGRESS
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMIC THOUGHT
ECONOMICS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EMERGING ECONOMIES
EMPLOYMENT
EQUILIBRIUM
EQUIPMENT
EXPORTS
EXTERNALITIES
EXTERNALITY
FACTOR MARKETS
FAMILY MEMBERS
FEDERAL RESERVE
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN MARKETS
GDP
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBAL MARKETS
GLOBALIZATION
GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GOVERNMENT SPENDING
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH THEORY
HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
IMMIGRANTS
IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT
INCOME
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME LEVELS
INCREASING RETURNS
INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
INFLATIONARY PRESSURES
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INNOVATION
INSTRUMENT
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTING
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
INVESTMENT CLIMATES
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MOBILITY
LARGE CITIES
LEGAL STATUS
LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
LEVEL PLAYING FIELD
LEVELS OF PRODUCTIVITY
LIMITED RESOURCES
LIVING STANDARDS
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MACROECONOMIC POLICIES
MACROECONOMIC POLICY
MACROECONOMICS
MARKET ACCESS
MARKET FAILURES
MARKET MECHANISM
MARKET SIZE
MIGRANT
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MOBILITY OF LABOR
MOTIVATION
MULTIPLE EQUILIBRIA
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATURAL ENDOWMENTS
NATURAL RESOURCE
NEWLY INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES
OIL PRICE
OPPORTUNISTIC BEHAVIOR
PECUNIARY EXTERNALITIES
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY CHANGE
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY REGIME
POLICY RESPONSE
POLICY RESPONSES
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL PROCESS
POLITICAL STABILITY
POLLUTION
POPULATION CHANGE
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRICE CHANGES
PRICE INCREASES
PRODUCT MARKETS
PRODUCTION PROCESS
PRODUCTIVE ASSETS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SPHERE
RECIPROCAL EXTERNALITIES
REGIONAL AGREEMENTS
REGIONAL COOPERATION
REGIONAL INEQUALITIES
REGIONAL POLICIES
REGIONAL POLICY
REGIONAL PRODUCTIVITY
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
REMITTANCE
REMITTANCES
RENTS
RESEARCH COMMUNITY
RESPECT
RETURN
RULE OF LAW
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL POPULATION
RURAL POVERTY
SCALE EFFECTS
SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS
SMALL WORLD
SOCIAL BENEFITS
SOCIAL CAPITAL
SOCIAL COHESION
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL INEQUALITIES
SOCIAL SUPPORT
SPACE IN ECONOMICS
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
SPILLOVER
SUPPLIERS
TAX
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE POLICY
TRADING
TRANSPORTATION
UNSKILLED WORKERS
URBAN AREAS
URBAN CENTERS
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE
URBAN POVERTY
URBAN SETTLEMENTS
URBANIZATION
VALUE ADDED
WAGE RATES
WAGES
WAR
WEALTH
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
spellingShingle ABSOLUTE ADVANTAGE
ABUSE
AGRICULTURE
ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
AVERAGE COSTS
BENEFICIARIES
BID
CAPACITY BUILDING
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD MORBIDITY
CITIZENS
COMMODITY PRICES
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM
COMPETITIVE MARKET
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMERS
CONSUMPTION LEVELS
COORDINATION FAILURE
COORDINATION FAILURES
COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN
CREDIBILITY
CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITS
DECENTRALIZATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT BANK
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS
DEVELOPMENT PLANS
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
DIMINISHING RETURNS
DIMINISHING RETURNS TO SCALE
DISSEMINATION
DIVISION OF LABOR
DRIVERS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC BENEFITS
ECONOMIC COMPLEMENTARITIES
ECONOMIC CONCENTRATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC PROGRESS
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMIC THOUGHT
ECONOMICS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EMERGING ECONOMIES
EMPLOYMENT
EQUILIBRIUM
EQUIPMENT
EXPORTS
EXTERNALITIES
EXTERNALITY
FACTOR MARKETS
FAMILY MEMBERS
FEDERAL RESERVE
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN MARKETS
GDP
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBAL MARKETS
GLOBALIZATION
GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GOVERNMENT SPENDING
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH THEORY
HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
IMMIGRANTS
IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT
INCOME
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME LEVELS
INCREASING RETURNS
INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
INFLATIONARY PRESSURES
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INNOVATION
INSTRUMENT
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVESTING
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
INVESTMENT CLIMATES
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MOBILITY
LARGE CITIES
LEGAL STATUS
LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
LEVEL PLAYING FIELD
LEVELS OF PRODUCTIVITY
LIMITED RESOURCES
LIVING STANDARDS
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MACROECONOMIC POLICIES
MACROECONOMIC POLICY
MACROECONOMICS
MARKET ACCESS
MARKET FAILURES
MARKET MECHANISM
MARKET SIZE
MIGRANT
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MOBILITY OF LABOR
MOTIVATION
MULTIPLE EQUILIBRIA
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATURAL ENDOWMENTS
NATURAL RESOURCE
NEWLY INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES
OIL PRICE
OPPORTUNISTIC BEHAVIOR
PECUNIARY EXTERNALITIES
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY CHANGE
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY REGIME
POLICY RESPONSE
POLICY RESPONSES
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL PROCESS
POLITICAL STABILITY
POLLUTION
POPULATION CHANGE
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRICE CHANGES
PRICE INCREASES
PRODUCT MARKETS
PRODUCTION PROCESS
PRODUCTIVE ASSETS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SPHERE
RECIPROCAL EXTERNALITIES
REGIONAL AGREEMENTS
REGIONAL COOPERATION
REGIONAL INEQUALITIES
REGIONAL POLICIES
REGIONAL POLICY
REGIONAL PRODUCTIVITY
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
REMITTANCE
REMITTANCES
RENTS
RESEARCH COMMUNITY
RESPECT
RETURN
RULE OF LAW
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL POPULATION
RURAL POVERTY
SCALE EFFECTS
SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS
SMALL WORLD
SOCIAL BENEFITS
SOCIAL CAPITAL
SOCIAL COHESION
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL INEQUALITIES
SOCIAL SUPPORT
SPACE IN ECONOMICS
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
SPILLOVER
SUPPLIERS
TAX
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE POLICY
TRADING
TRANSPORTATION
UNSKILLED WORKERS
URBAN AREAS
URBAN CENTERS
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE
URBAN POVERTY
URBAN SETTLEMENTS
URBANIZATION
VALUE ADDED
WAGE RATES
WAGES
WAR
WEALTH
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
Kochendorfer-Lucius, Gudrun
Pleskovic, Boris
Berlin Workshop Series 2009 : Spatial Disparities and Development Policy
relation Berlin Workshop Series 2009
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.
format Publications & Research :: Publication
author Kochendorfer-Lucius, Gudrun
Pleskovic, Boris
author_facet Kochendorfer-Lucius, Gudrun
Pleskovic, Boris
author_sort Kochendorfer-Lucius, Gudrun
title Berlin Workshop Series 2009 : Spatial Disparities and Development Policy
title_short Berlin Workshop Series 2009 : Spatial Disparities and Development Policy
title_full Berlin Workshop Series 2009 : Spatial Disparities and Development Policy
title_fullStr Berlin Workshop Series 2009 : Spatial Disparities and Development Policy
title_full_unstemmed Berlin Workshop Series 2009 : Spatial Disparities and Development Policy
title_sort berlin workshop series 2009 : spatial disparities and development policy
publisher World Bank
publishDate 2012
url 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
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spelling okr-10986-26502021-04-23T14:02:03Z Berlin Workshop Series 2009 : Spatial Disparities and Development Policy Kochendorfer-Lucius, Gudrun Pleskovic, Boris ABSOLUTE ADVANTAGE ABUSE AGRICULTURE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES AVERAGE COSTS BENEFICIARIES BID CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORBIDITY CITIZENS COMMODITY PRICES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM COMPETITIVE MARKET COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION LEVELS COORDINATION FAILURE COORDINATION FAILURES COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN CREDIBILITY CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITS DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT BANK DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS DEVELOPMENT PLANS DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DIMINISHING RETURNS DIMINISHING RETURNS TO SCALE DISSEMINATION DIVISION OF LABOR DRIVERS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC COMPLEMENTARITIES ECONOMIC CONCENTRATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PROGRESS ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMIC THOUGHT ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMERGING ECONOMIES EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM EQUIPMENT EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES EXTERNALITY FACTOR MARKETS FAMILY MEMBERS FEDERAL RESERVE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN MARKETS GDP GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT SPENDING GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH THEORY HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT HUMAN GEOGRAPHY IMMIGRANTS IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME GROWTH INCOME LEVELS INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INFLATIONARY PRESSURES INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INNOVATION INSTRUMENT INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTING INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATES LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MOBILITY LARGE CITIES LEGAL STATUS LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES LEVEL PLAYING FIELD LEVELS OF PRODUCTIVITY LIMITED RESOURCES LIVING STANDARDS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MACROECONOMIC POLICY MACROECONOMICS MARKET ACCESS MARKET FAILURES MARKET MECHANISM MARKET SIZE MIGRANT MIGRANTS MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MOBILITY OF LABOR MOTIVATION MULTIPLE EQUILIBRIA NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL ENDOWMENTS NATURAL RESOURCE NEWLY INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES OIL PRICE OPPORTUNISTIC BEHAVIOR PECUNIARY EXTERNALITIES PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY CHANGE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY REGIME POLICY RESPONSE POLICY RESPONSES POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL PROCESS POLITICAL STABILITY POLLUTION POPULATION CHANGE POVERTY REDUCTION PRICE CHANGES PRICE INCREASES PRODUCT MARKETS PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPHERE RECIPROCAL EXTERNALITIES REGIONAL AGREEMENTS REGIONAL COOPERATION REGIONAL INEQUALITIES REGIONAL POLICIES REGIONAL POLICY REGIONAL PRODUCTIVITY REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REMITTANCE REMITTANCES RENTS RESEARCH COMMUNITY RESPECT RETURN RULE OF LAW RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY SCALE EFFECTS SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS SMALL WORLD SOCIAL BENEFITS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INEQUALITIES SOCIAL SUPPORT SPACE IN ECONOMICS SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPILLOVER SUPPLIERS TAX TRADE BARRIERS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADING TRANSPORTATION UNSKILLED WORKERS URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN POVERTY URBAN SETTLEMENTS URBANIZATION VALUE ADDED WAGE RATES WAGES WAR WEALTH WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO 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. 2012-03-19T10:03:58Z 2012-03-19T10:03:58Z 2009 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 978-0-8213-7723-9 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2650 English Berlin Workshop Series 2009 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication