Convergence without Equity : A Closer Look at Spatial Disparities in Russia

Convergence without Equity : A Closer Look at Spatial Disparities in Russia

Addressing regional disparities is key to unlocking Russia’s potential to achieve stronger gains in growth and equity outcomes as well as to improve its institutional environment. While spatial disparities have been an important policy concern in R...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
POVERTY
LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SPATIAL DISPARITY
INEQUALITY
GOVERNANCE
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
METROPOLITAN AREAS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/264631528313757152/Convergence-without-Equity-A-Closer-Look-at-Spatial-Disparities-in-Russia
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spelling okr-10986-300452021-05-25T09:15:10Z Convergence without Equity : A Closer Look at Spatial Disparities in Russia World Bank Group POVERTY LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPATIAL DISPARITY INEQUALITY GOVERNANCE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT METROPOLITAN AREAS Addressing regional disparities is key to unlocking Russia’s potential to achieve stronger gains in growth and equity outcomes as well as to improve its institutional environment. While spatial disparities have been an important policy concern in Russia for a long time, inequalities across its vast territory remain stark. This report explores the current state of regional disparities at the macro and micro-level, updating existing literature to reflect recent trends and providing new insights into household-level drivers of welfare. The report stresses that addressing spatial disparities does not necessary imply “balancing” growth across a geographic territory – but rather focusing on creating opportunities for all people, regardless of where they live. 2018-07-18T20:13:21Z 2018-07-18T20:13:21Z 2017-06 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/264631528313757152/Convergence-without-Equity-A-Closer-Look-at-Spatial-Disparities-in-Russia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30045 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Poverty Study Economic & Sector Work Europe and Central Asia Russian Federation
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topic POVERTY
LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SPATIAL DISPARITY
INEQUALITY
GOVERNANCE
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
METROPOLITAN AREAS
spellingShingle POVERTY
LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SPATIAL DISPARITY
INEQUALITY
GOVERNANCE
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
METROPOLITAN AREAS
World Bank Group
Convergence without Equity : A Closer Look at Spatial Disparities in Russia
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Russian Federation
description Addressing regional disparities is key to unlocking Russia’s potential to achieve stronger gains in growth and equity outcomes as well as to improve its institutional environment. While spatial disparities have been an important policy concern in Russia for a long time, inequalities across its vast territory remain stark. This report explores the current state of regional disparities at the macro and micro-level, updating existing literature to reflect recent trends and providing new insights into household-level drivers of welfare. The report stresses that addressing spatial disparities does not necessary imply “balancing” growth across a geographic territory – but rather focusing on creating opportunities for all people, regardless of where they live.
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author World Bank Group
author_facet World Bank Group
author_sort World Bank Group
title Convergence without Equity : A Closer Look at Spatial Disparities in Russia
title_short Convergence without Equity : A Closer Look at Spatial Disparities in Russia
title_full Convergence without Equity : A Closer Look at Spatial Disparities in Russia
title_fullStr Convergence without Equity : A Closer Look at Spatial Disparities in Russia
title_full_unstemmed Convergence without Equity : A Closer Look at Spatial Disparities in Russia
title_sort convergence without equity : a closer look at spatial disparities in russia
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/264631528313757152/Convergence-without-Equity-A-Closer-Look-at-Spatial-Disparities-in-Russia
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