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Poor places, thriving people : how the Middle East and North Africa can rise above spatial disparities

Author:World Bank

Summary:How can the Middle East and North Africa region reduce spatial disparities in well-being without compromising growth? The solution lies in matching the policy package to a lagging area’s specific characteristics. Drawing on the World Bank’s 2009 World Development Report, Reshaping Economic Geography, the book proposes three policy packages.

Print Book, English, 2011

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Publisher: World Bank, Washington, D.C, 2011

Physical Description:xxiii, 363 páginas : ilustraciones (algunas en color), gráficas, mapas ; 26 cm

ISBN:

9780821383216, 9780821384237, 0821383213, 0821384236

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:892461881

Subjects:

África del Norte Condiciones económicas Desigualdades regionales

Espacio en economía

Industria Magreb

Industria Oriente Próximo

Localización industrial África del Norte

Localización industrial Cercano Oriente

Magreb Situación económica S. XXI

Oriente Próximo Situación económica S. XXI

Contents:

Overview

The political demand: spatial equity without compromising productivity

Diagnose to prescribe. Uncovering the truth about spatial disparities

Policy package 1: level the playing field and opportunity for human development in lagging areas

Policy package 2: connecting poor places to the poles of development

Policy package 3: Underpin private sector interest in nonleading areas

Proximity for all: public institutions for spatial policies

Appendix: MENA region

Notes:

Mena development report--Portada