Place, Productivity, and Prosperity : : Revisiting Spatially Targeted Policies for Regional Development.
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Year of Publication: | 2021 |
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505 | 0 | |a Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- 1. Place, Productivity, and Prosperity: An Introduction -- Introduction -- The Attraction of Place-Based Policies -- Three Forces Shaping the Economic Landscape -- Lagging Places, Left-Behind People-and Perhaps, Missed Opportunities -- Notes -- References -- 2. Agglomeration Economies, Productivity, and the Persistence of Place -- Introduction -- A Virtuous Cycle of Economic Concentration, Higher Productivity, and More Prosperity -- The Developing Country Urban Productivity Puzzle -- Changing Drivers of Spatial Activity: The Future Isn't What It Used to Be -- Unpacking the Association of Density with Productivity -- Measuring the Benefits of Spatial Concentration -- Measuring the Full Costs of Agglomeration: Accounting for the Extra Expense of Working in Developing Country Cities -- Conclusion -- Annex 2A. Estimating Productivity, Marginal Cost, and Markups -- Notes -- References -- 3. The Promise of Labor Mobility Introduction -- Introduction -- The Evidence on Internal Migration -- The Barriers to Internal Migration -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4. Globalization and Digital Development: Bridging Distances within Countries -- Introduction -- Globalization and Regional Growth within Countries -- How Trade Costs, Infrastructure, and Institutions Affect Growth within Countries -- The Role of Digital Connectivity in Narrowing Disparities between Regions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5. Lagging Places: Missed Opportunities, Left-Behind People -- Introduction -- Two Tales of Cities: Not Every Place Has Potential for Growth -- Why Is a Region Not Thriving Already? -- Three Arguments Often Used to Support Place-Based Policies for Nonviable Regions -- Complementarities, Silver Bullets, and Big Pushes. | |
505 | 8 | |a Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 6. A Framework for Appraising Place-Based Policies -- Introduction -- Principles for Appraising Place-Based Policies -- Dealing with Challenges in Fully Appraising Policies: Using the Framework as a Heuristic Tool -- Lessons from World Bank Evaluations of Projects to Enhance Agglomeration -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 7. The Framework in Action: Appraising Transport Corridors, Economic Clusters, and Interventions to Manage Urban Congestion -- Introduction -- Corridors and Long-Distance Transport Improvements -- Spatial Economic Clusters and Special Economic Zones -- Interventions to Manage Urban Congestion -- Conclusion -- Annex 7A. Using Spatial General Equilibrium Models to Quantify the Indirect Effects of Highway Corridors in Africa -- Notes -- References -- 8. Local Economic Development Policies -- Introduction -- Entrepreneurship: The Lifeblood of Local Economic Development -- Strengthening the Enabling Environment for Entrepreneurship -- Promoting the Capabilities of Entrepreneurs -- Improving Fiscal Incentives -- Conclusion -- Annex 8A. Clear Rationales for Certain Regional Development Projects in Europe -- Annex 8B. New York's Innovation Ecosystem to Support Start-Ups -- Notes -- References -- 9. Conclusion Concluding Remarks -- Concluding Remarks -- Reference -- Boxes -- Box 2.1 The Persistent Effects of Colonial Railroads on Regional Development in Kenya -- Box 3.1 The Central Role of Migration in Long-Term Economic Growth -- Box 3.2 How Caste Boundaries Act as a Barrier to Migration in India -- Box 4.1 The Role of Complementary Conditions in Connecting People and Regions Digitally during the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Box 4.2 Digital Technologies May Exacerbate the Differences across Regions as They Cope with the COVID-19 Pandemic. | |
505 | 8 | |a Box 5.1 Insights on Migration and Nonviable Regions from a Mining Boom Town: The Case of Kolmanskop, Namibia -- Box 5.2 Managing the Closure of Coal Mines: Achieving a Just Transition for All -- Box 5.3 Limited Policy Options for Lagging Regions When Migration Is Challenging: The Case of Colombia -- Box 5.4 Not All Places Are Equal: The Coexistence of a Low and a High Equilibrium in the Context of Regional Development -- Box 6.1 Lessons from an Analysis of Spatial Public Expenditures in the Middle East and North Africa -- Box 6.2 A Proposal for Spatial Public Expenditure Reviews -- Box 6.3 How Is the World Bank Group Assessing Place-Based Interventions? -- Box 8.1 The Positive Externalities from Improvements in Human Capital -- Box 8.2 The Persistence of Education over Time: From Jesuit Education to Production of Genetically Engineered Soy in Brazil -- Box 8.3 Strengthening a Regional Entrepreneurial and Innovation System for a Midsize City: Scale Up Manizales (Manizales Más) in Colombia -- Box 8.4 Fiscal Incentives to Overcome First-Mover Coordination Problems: The Case of Hawassa Industrial Park in Ethiopia -- Box 8.5 Applying the Duranton-Venables Framework to Design a Project to Support Businesses in Mozambique -- Figures -- Figure 1.1 Spatial Income Inequalities Are Higher in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries -- Figure 1.2 Special Economic Zones Have Increased Six-Fold over the Past Two Decades -- Figure 2.1 Economic Activity Is Highly Concentrated, Even in the Lowest-Income Countries -- Figure 2.2 Establishments, Employment, and Value Added Are Concentrated in Densely Populated Areas -- Figure 2.3 Urbanization, Economic Growth, and the Transition from Slow to Fast Growth Occur Together -- Figure 2.4 The Rise of Cities and Structural Transformation Have Gone Hand in Hand in Asia. | |
505 | 8 | |a Figure 2.5 Urbanization and Economic Transformation Have Not Gone Hand in Hand in Africa -- Figure 2.6 Cities and Departments That Were the Most Densely Populated in 1500 Are among the Wealthiest Now in Colombia -- Figure 2.7 Agglomeration Elasticity Is a Composite of Agglomeration Benefits and Costs -- Figure 2.8 Urban Density Is Associated with Higher Firm Entry -- Figure 2.9 Meta-Analysis: Raw Elasticities Suggest Strong Agglomeration Economies in Developing Countries -- Figure 2.10 Estimated Elasticity in Developing Countries Is Lower in Services and When Using Total Factor Productivity Data -- Figure 2.11 The Agglomeration Premiums on Labor Productivity Nearly Disappear after Controlling for Urban Costs -- Figure 2.12 Efficiency Gains from Agglomeration Disappear Altogether or Become Negative after Controlling for Output Prices -- Figure 2.13 Evidence of Sterile Agglomeration: Physical Measures of Total Factor Productivity Decline with Population Density, While Costs Rise in Lower-Income Countries -- Figure 2.14 Urban Costs Are Higher in Developing Countries than in Advanced Economies -- Figure 3.1 Internal Migration Increases with Economic Development -- Figure 3.2 Migration Could Significantly Increase Consumption Potential in the Middle East and North Africa -- Figure 3.3 Denser Areas Have Better Access to Safe Drinking Water and Electricity -- Figure 3.4 Frictions in Labor Mobility Are Associated with Lesser Changes in Lifetime Utility and Fewer Job Options in Other Job Markets Following an Export Shock in Brazil -- Figure 3.5 The Value of Labor Reallocation between Agriculture and Modern Sector Jobs Is Contingent on Initial Productivity -- Figure 4.1 Participation in Technology or Knowledge-Intensive Global Value Chains Is Associated with Higher Spatial Concentration. | |
505 | 8 | |a Figure 4.2 Trade Liberalization Is Associated with Changes in Activity in Secondary Regions but Has No Effect on Interior Regions in India -- Figure 4.3 The Impact of Improved Domestic Connectivity Is Contingent on Proximity to Ports in India -- Figure 4.4 The Distant Northeast Region in India Faces an Outsized Share of Loss in Shipment Value Following the COVID-19 Lockdown -- Figure 4.5 Trade Volume Influences Trade Costs -- Figure 4.6 Upgrades of the Golden Quadrilateral Highway Improved Plant Dynamics, but Only for Young and Productive Plants in India -- Figure 4.7 Reductions in Transport Costs When Combined with Complementary Conditions Improve Welfare in Central Asia -- Figure 4.8 The Use of E-commerce Is Positively Associated with Higher Skills and Education in Japan -- Figure B4.1.1 Fewer Jobs in Developing Countries Can Be Performed Remotely -- Figure B4.1.2 Network Equipment in Developing Countries Is Subject to Higher Tariffs -- Figure B4.2.1 Firms in Capital or Business Cities Are More Likely to Digitalize during the COVID-19 Crisis -- Figure 4.9 Local Demand (Population) Critically Determines the Location and Size of a Data Center -- Figure 5.1 Towns along Fall Lines Evolved Very Differently than Mining Towns -- Figure 5.2 Some Small Island Countries Are Very Far Away from Markets -- Figure 5.3 The Payoff (Multiplier) for Creating Jobs in the Tradable Sector is Higher for Developing Countries -- Figure 6.1 A Framework for Appraising Place-Based Policies -- Figure B6.1.1 Expenditures on Spatially Distortive Policies in the Middle East and North Africa Vary Greatly from Those of Benchmark Countries -- Figure B6.2.1 Functional Analysis of National versus Regional Innovation Programs in Poland -- Figure 7.1 While the Direct Effects of Transport Investments Are Important, the Indirect Effects Are Likely to Matter More. | |
505 | 8 | |a Figure 7.2 The Average Accessibility to Jobs Is Quite Low in Many African Cities. | |
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