LEADER 05046nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910455449103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-23251-7 010 $a1-282-24982-7 010 $a9786612232510 010 $a9786612249822 010 $a0-8213-7798-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000787410 035 $a(EBL)459547 035 $a(OCoLC)567986874 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000089626 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11981010 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000089626 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10089699 035 $a(PQKB)11141813 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC459547 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL459547 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10315982 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL224982 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000787410 100 $a20081121d2009 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSpatial disparities and development policy$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Gudrun Kochendo?rfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cWorld Bank ;$a[Bonn, Germany] $cInWent/Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbh$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (328 p.) 225 1 $aBerlin Workshop series,$x1813-9442 ;$v2009 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8213-7723-X 327 $aContents; ABOUT THIS BOOK; INTRODUCTION; KEYNOTE ADDRESS; KEYNOTE ADDRESS Rethinking Economic Growth in a Globalizing World: An Economic Geography Lens; KEYNOTE ADDRESS Africa: Rethinking Growth and Regional Integration; Part I: Macro Trends: Spatial Patterns of Economic Activity, Income, and Poverty; Spatial Patterns of Population and Economic Activity in the Developing World; Some Stylized Facts about Rural Poverty and Geography and a Question for Policy; Part II: New Economic Geography and the Dynamics of Technological Change-Implications for Less-Developed Countries 327 $aNew Economic Geography and Transportation Policies: The Case of Brazil Spatial Disparities of Knowledge Absorption, Technological Change, and Prosperity:Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence from China; Part III: Perspectives: Rural-Urban Transformation-Leading, Lagging, and Interlinking Places; Comparative Competitiveness of Agriculture under a Multidimensional Disparity Development Process: A Narrative Analysis of Rural Development Issues in China; Economic Growth in Cities and Urban Networks; Part IV: Spatial Disparity and Labor Mobility 327 $aCan Investment in Human Capital Reduce Regional Disparities? Some Evidence for Spain Family Migration: A Vehicle of Child Morbidity in the Informal Settlements of Nairobi City, Kenya?; Remittances and Their Impact on the Macroeconomic Situation of and Financial Sector Development in the Kyrgyz Republic; Part V: Africa-Rethinking Growth and Regional Integration; Spatial Development Patterns and Policy Responses: A South African Case Study; Geography and Regional Cooperation in Africa; Part VI: Learning from Europe's Efforts at Integration and Convergence 327 $aThe Role and Objectives of European Cohesion Policy Learning from Europe's Efforts at Integration and Convergence: Lessons for Developing Countries' Integration Policies; The Geography of Inequalities in Europe; Part VII: Spatial Policy for Growth and Equity; Cohesion and Convergence: Synonyms or Two Different Notions?; Regional Development as Self-Organized Converging Growth; Africans Need Not Miss Out on the Benefits of Globalization; Part VIII: Wrap-Up Discussion and Closing Remarks; Implications for WDR 2009; The New World Bank Office in Berlin; Appendix 1: Program 327 $aAppendix 2: Participants 330 $aThe Berlin Workshop Series 2009 presents selected papers from meetings held from September 30 - October 2, 2007, at the 10th Annual Forum co-hosted by InWEnt and the World Bank in preparation for the Bank's World Development Report. At the 2007 meetings, key researchers and policy makers from Europe, the United States, and developing countries met to identify and brainstorm on agriculture the development challenges and successes that are later examined in-depth in the World Development Report 2009.This volume presents papers from the Berlin Workshop sessions on issues relating to Understanding 410 0$aBerlin Workshop series ;$v2009. 606 $aRegional planning$vCongresses 606 $aRegional economic disparities$vCongresses 606 $aEconomic geography$vCongresses 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRegional planning 615 0$aRegional economic disparities 615 0$aEconomic geography 676 $a300 701 $aKochendo?rfer-Lucius$b Gudrun$0433266 701 $aPleskovic$b Boris$0126701 712 12$aBerlin Workshop 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455449103321 996 $aSpatial disparities and development policy$91943200 997 $aUNINA