The Geographical and Man-Made Obstacles

David Bigman

Chapter 3.1 in Poverty, Hunger, and Democracy in Africa, 2011, pp 121-153 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The World Bank World Development Report (WDR 2009) on Spatial Disparities and Development Policy is devoted to an analysis of the imbalance in economic growth that is due to spatial factors. Income disparities between people are often related to and explained by their place of residence. The WDR focuses its analysis on the human-induced change of the spatial characteristic of a region, but it does not analyze the complementary aspect that requires more focused and deeper research on the spatial-induced change of the human characteristics or, in the words of the report, “the social and environmental effects of a changing economic geography” (p. 34).

Keywords: African Country; Niger Delta; Rich Resource; Most Favored Nation; Resource Curse (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230248489_6

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