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Convergence : Five Critical Steps toward Integrating Lagging and Leading Areas in the Middle East and North Africa

World Bank Group - 2020

Policy makers across the Middle East and North Africa have for many years articulated plans to integrate their people spatially and economically. Wishing to bring communities together and narrow economic gaps, governments have made large capital investments in transport corridors and "new...

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Convergence without Equity : A Closer Look at Spatial Disparities in Russia

World Bank Group - 2017

Addressing regional disparities is key to unlocking Russia's potential to achieve stronger gains in growth and equity outcomes as well as to improve its institutional environment. While spatial disparities have been an important policy concern in Russia for a long time, inequalities across its...

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Slovakia Catching-Up Regions : Presov Region - Key Development Dynamics

World Bank Group - 2019

Though the European Union (EU) is a development conversion machine for national economies, it is less so for subnational regions. EU accession countries have been catching up to regional averages in terms of economic development since they joined the union. The economic success of the accession...

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Slovakia Catching-Up Regions 4 - Open Data in Regional Land Use Planning : A technical note prepared for the Self-governing Region of Kosice as part of the Slovakia Catching-up Reg...

World Bank Group - 2023

Land use planning is one of the most important policy instruments for urban and regional development aiming to meet the needs of the populations while considering various factors such as environmental sustainability, economic development, and social well-being. The process of land use planning...

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The learning region : foundations, state of the art, future

Rutten, Roel (contributor); Boekema, Frans (contributor) - 2007

The aim of this book is to present a much-needed conceptualization of 'the learning region'. The editors scrutinize key concepts and issues surrounding this phenomenon, which are then discussed in the context of recent literature. This unique conceptualization of the learning region presents a...

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Linkages between China's regions : measurement and policy

Groenewold, Nicolaas; Chen, Anping; Lee, Guoping - 2008

The rate of economic growth in China over the last 50 years has been remarkable. However this has only highlighted the inequalities between regions in China, making for considerable disquiet at the highest levels of Chinese policy-making. Not everyone has benefited from the same levels of...

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The dynamics of Chinese regional development : market nature, state nurture

Golley, Jane - 2007

This book surveys the competing, or sometimes complementary, roles of the state and the market in shaping China's pattern of regional development during the Communist era. The uneven pace of industrialisation across China's provinces during its economic transition raises numerous questions...

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China and its regions : economic growth and reform in Chinese provinces

Renard, Mary-Françoise (contributor) - 2002

In twenty years of reform in China, the key development has been the opening-up of the market to foreign trade and international investment. This increased economic openness has been accompanied by profound changes in both economic organisation and regional disparity. This comprehensive book...

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Poland Catching-Up Regions : Strengthening the Implementation of Work-Based Learning

World Bank Group - 2017

assistance to the self government of Poland's Swietokrzyskie region, aimed at strengthening the implementation of Work … was part of a formal program of collaboration between the government of Poland, two regional self governments, the … improve innovation, employment, and economic growth in catching-up regions in Poland. As part of this programme, the World …

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Slovakia Catching-up Regions : Unlocking the Endogenous Tourism Potential of Poloniny National Park and the Snina District of the Slovak Republic

World Bank Group - 2019

The report examines the current tourism development and market of the Presovsky Samospravny Kraj, Presov Self-Governing Region (PSK), focusing particularly on the lagging district of Snina and the National Park of Poloniny, and the opportunities for their improvement as potential drivers of...

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