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Primate Cities Urbanization And Economic Development An Econometric Re Examination
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Author :Lemelin, André Publisher :Montréal : Villes et développement, Groupe interuniversitaire de Montréal = Urbanization and Development, Montreal Interuniversity Group ISBN 13 : Total Pages :122 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (369 download)
Book Synopsis Primate Cities, Urbanization and Economic Development : an Econometric Re-examination by : Lemelin, André
Download or read book Primate Cities, Urbanization and Economic Development : an Econometric Re-examination written by Lemelin, André and published by Montréal : Villes et développement, Groupe interuniversitaire de Montréal = Urbanization and Development, Montreal Interuniversity Group. This book was released on 1992 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Lemelin, André Publisher :Montréal : Villes et développement, Groupe interuniversitaire de Montréal = Urbanization and Development, Montreal Interuniversity Group ISBN 13 : Total Pages :62 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (369 download)
Book Synopsis Economic Development, Urbanization and Primate Cities : Some Statistical Evidence by : Lemelin, André
Download or read book Economic Development, Urbanization and Primate Cities : Some Statistical Evidence written by Lemelin, André and published by Montréal : Villes et développement, Groupe interuniversitaire de Montréal = Urbanization and Development, Montreal Interuniversity Group. This book was released on 1991 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Urbanization and Growth by : Michael Spence
Download or read book Urbanization and Growth written by Michael Spence and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2008-11-26 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is productivity higher in cities? Does urbanization cause growth or does growth cause urbanization? Do countries achieve rapid growth or high incomes without urbanization? How can policy makers reap the benefits of urbanization without paying too high a cost? Does supporting urbanization imply neglecting rural areas? Why do so few governments welcome urbanization? What should governments do to improve housing conditions in cities as they urbanize? Are innovations in housing finance a blessing or a curse for developing countries? How will governments finance the trillions of dollars of infrastructure spending needed for cities in developing countries? First in a series of thematic volumes, this book was prepared for the Commission on Growth and Development to evaluate the state of knowledge of the relationship between urbanization and economic growth. It does not pretend to provide all the answers, but it does identify insights and policy levers to help countries make urbanization work as part of a national growth strategy. It examines a variety of topics: the relevance and policy implications of recent advances in urban economics for developing countries, the role of economic geography in global economic trends and trade patterns, the impacts of urbanization on spatial inequality within countries, and alternative approaches to financing the substantial infrastructure investments required in developing-country cities. Written by prominent academics in their fields, Urbanization and Growth seeks to create a better understanding of the role of urbanization in growth and to inform policy makers tackling the formidable challenges it poses.
Book Synopsis A Re-examination of the Relationship Between Economic Development and the Rate of Urbanization by : John F. Long
Download or read book A Re-examination of the Relationship Between Economic Development and the Rate of Urbanization written by John F. Long and published by . This book was released on with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper is an attempt to investigate the relationship between the level of economic development and the rate of urbanization for various countries by looking at the current process of change in the percentage of a society's population that is urban. From the literature on urban growth two different models for this relationship are developed. The first model is based upon the traditional emphasis in urban literature on the relationship between a society's level of urbanization and its level of economic development. Starting with a predicted relationship, we derive a model for the change in the level of urbanization over time using simple calculus. The second model expands upon this basic model by adding factors which have been proposed as relevant to the process of urbanization by the so-called "overurbanization" literature. By means of a multiple regression analysis of cross-cultural data on selected variables, the two models are tested to determine which better describes the rate of urbanization. While the model derived from the traditional approach using economic development alone does not satisfactorily predict rate of urbanization, the addition of factors proposed by the "overurbanization" literature to the model significantly improves the fit. These factors thus deserve consideration in further studies of the urbanization process.
Book Synopsis Cities and Economies by : Yeong-Hyun Kim
Download or read book Cities and Economies written by Yeong-Hyun Kim and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-12-12 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cities and Economies explores the complex and subtle connections between cities and economies. The rise of the merchant city, the development of the industrial city and the creation of the service-dominated urban economy are all explored, along with economic globalization and its effects on cities in both developed and developing economies. This book provides a thorough examination of the role of the city in shaping economic processes and explains the different effects that economies have on cities. It provides an invaluable and unrivaled guide to the relationship between urban structure and economic processes as they compare and contrast across the world. The authors examine the complex relationships between the city and the economy in historical and global contexts, as well as evaluating the role of world cities, the economic impacts of megacities and the role of the state in shaping urban economic policies. They focus on the ways in which cities have led, and at the same time adapted to, economic shifts. Large cities are viewed as the centres of regional and national economies, while a small number are defined by their centrality in the global economy. The book: examines key ideas and concepts on the economic aspects of urban change explores the changing nature of urban economies and their relationships with changes at the national and global levels compares current economic issues and policies of large cities around the world explores the links between globalization and economic changes in cities and the growing competitions between them. Cities and Economies uses case studies, photographs and maps expanding across the US, Western Europe and Asia. Written in a clear and accessible style, the book answers some fundamental questions about the economic role of cities. It is an essential text for students of geography, economics, sociology, urban studies and urban planning.
Book Synopsis Urbanization and Economic Growth by : Vibhooti Shukla
Download or read book Urbanization and Economic Growth written by Vibhooti Shukla and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together the late Vibhooti Shukla's writings on urbanization and economic development covering a vast canvas of interconnected issues. Her pioneering analysis with Indian data strongly indicates that the positive correlation between productivity and city sizes holds for India as well as for developed countries. In a well-knit framework, Dr Shukla addresses the problem of city size and the implications for industrial dispersal policies and the phenomenon of rural-urban migrations. She goes on to discuss the spatial dimension of rural non-farm employment, infrastructure investment and the government's role in these. It is her concern with policy issues which takes her to the subject of infrastructure investment, especially its spatial dimension. Dr Shukla demonstrates that better water supply, asphalt roads and increased drainage capacity can have a great impact on productivity. Her essays underline the fact that economic infrastructure is not enough. Social infrastructure, such as investment in health and education, not only creates a healthier, enlightened population but can result in higher industrial productivity.
Book Synopsis Urb Planning & Nat Development by : John Friedmann
Download or read book Urb Planning & Nat Development written by John Friedmann and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1973-05 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monograph on regional planning and the role of urbanization in regional level and national level economic development - covers social theories of urbanization, urban planning and urban policies, etc., with particular reference to Latin America, and includes methodologycal questions. Annotated bibliography pp. 313 to 316 and references.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Economic Growth by : Philippe Aghion
Download or read book Handbook of Economic Growth written by Philippe Aghion and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2005-12-21 with total page 839 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring survey articles by leading economists working on growth theory, this two-volume set covers theories of economic growth, the empirics of economic growth, and growth policies and mechanisms. It also covers technology, trade and geography, and growth and socio-economic development.
Book Synopsis Economic Growth and Urbanization in Developing Areas by : David Drakakis-Smith
Download or read book Economic Growth and Urbanization in Developing Areas written by David Drakakis-Smith and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis An Econometric Approach to Urbanization, Age, Education and Internal Migration by : Maung Maung Lwin
Download or read book An Econometric Approach to Urbanization, Age, Education and Internal Migration written by Maung Maung Lwin and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis How to achieve the welfare state in the twenty-first century by : Kozulj, Roberto
Download or read book How to achieve the welfare state in the twenty-first century written by Kozulj, Roberto and published by Editorial UNRN. This book was released on 2019-09-18 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kozulj proposes a bold and vital idea: if the activities linked to urban development were reoriented towards the construction and reconstruction of sustainable cities, this would tend to solve a large part of the problem of structural unemployment,
Book Synopsis Annals of Economics and Finance by :
Download or read book Annals of Economics and Finance written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Secondary towns, agricultural prices, and intensification: Evidence from Ethiopia by : Vandercasteelen, Joachim
Download or read book Secondary towns, agricultural prices, and intensification: Evidence from Ethiopia written by Vandercasteelen, Joachim and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urbanization is happening fast in the developing world and especially so in sub-Saharan Africa where growth rates of cities are among the highest in the world. While cities and, in particular, secondary towns, where most of the urban population in sub-Saharan Africa resides, affect agricultural practices in their rural hinterlands, this relationship is not well understood. To fill this gap, we develop a conceptual model to analyze how farmers’ proximity to cities of different sizes affects agricultural prices and intensification of farming. We then test these predictions using large-scale survey data from producers of teff, a major staple crop in Ethiopia, relying on unique data on transport costs and road networks and implementing an array of econometric models. We find that agricultural price behavior and intensification is determined by proximity to a city and the type of city. While proximity to cities has a strong positive effect on agricultural output prices and on uptake of modern inputs and yields on farms, the effects on prices and intensification measures are lower for farmers in the rural hinterlands of secondary towns compared to primate cities.
Book Synopsis World Development Report 2009 by : World Bank
Download or read book World Development Report 2009 written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2008-11-04 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rising densities of human settlements, migration and transport to reduce distances to market, and specialization and trade facilitated by fewer international divisions are central to economic development. The transformations along these three dimensions density, distance, and division are most noticeable in North America, Western Europe, and Japan, but countries in Asia and Eastern Europe are changing in ways similar in scope and speed. 'World Development Report 2009: Reshaping Economic Geography' concludes that these spatial transformations are essential, and should be encouraged. The conclusion is not without controversy. Slum-dwellers now number a billion, but the rush to cities continues. Globalization is believed to benefit many, but not the billion people living in lagging areas of developing nations. High poverty and mortality persist among the world's 'bottom billion', while others grow wealthier and live longer lives. Concern for these three billion often comes with the prescription that growth must be made spatially balanced. The WDR has a different message: economic growth is seldom balanced, and efforts to spread it out prematurely will jeopardize progress. The Report: documents how production becomes more concentrated spatially as economies grow. proposes economic integration as the principle for promoting successful spatial transformations. revisits the debates on urbanization, territorial development, and regional integration and shows how today's developers can reshape economic geography.
Book Synopsis Rising Income Inequality by : Chris Papageorgiou
Download or read book Rising Income Inequality written by Chris Papageorgiou and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We examine the relationship between trade and financial globalization and the rise in inequality in most countries in recent decades. We find technological progress as having a greater impact than globalization on inequality. The limited overall impact of globalization reflects two offsetting tendencies: whereas trade globalization is associated with a reduction in inequality, financial globalization-and foreign direct investment in particular-is associated with an increase. A key finding is that both globalization and technological changes increase the returns on human capital, underscoring the importance of education and training in both developed and developing countries in addressing rising inequality.
Book Synopsis Systemic Banking Crises Revisited by : Mr.Luc Laeven
Download or read book Systemic Banking Crises Revisited written by Mr.Luc Laeven and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2018-09-14 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper updates the database on systemic banking crises presented in Laeven and Valencia (2008, 2013). Drawing on 151 systemic banking crises episodes around the globe during 1970-2017, the database includes information on crisis dates, policy responses to resolve banking crises, and the fiscal and output costs of crises. We provide new evidence that crises in high-income countries tend to last longer and be associated with higher output losses, lower fiscal costs, and more extensive use of bank guarantees and expansionary macro policies than crises in low- and middle-income countries. We complement the banking crises dates with sovereign debt and currency crises dates to find that sovereign debt and currency crises tend to coincide or follow banking crises.
Book Synopsis Global City Makers by : Michael Hoyler
Download or read book Global City Makers written by Michael Hoyler and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-28 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global City Makers provides an in-depth account of the role of powerful economic actors in making and un-making global cities. Engaging critically and constructively with global urban studies from a relational economic geography perspective, the book outlines a renewed agenda for global cities research. Focusing on financial services, management consultancy, real estate, commodity trading and maritime industries, the detailed studies in this volume are located across the globe to incorporate major world cities such as London, New York and Tokyo as well as globalizing cities including Mexico City, Hamburg and Mumbai.
