"The paper studies regional (spatial) inequality in the five most populous countries in the world: China, India, the …/provinces in China and India. The United States, where regional inequality is the least, shows further convergence. Brazil, with …

entry matters more than access to the rest of China, which is consistent with market fragmentation due to underdeveloped … provincial level during 1998-2001. The analysis, rooted in the new economic geography, focuses on market and supplier access … within and outside the province of entry, as well as production and trade costs. The results indicate that market and …

China's progress in poverty reduction over the last 25 years is enviable. One cannot fail to be impressed by what this … stage of development than it was at the dawn of the economic reforms at the beginning of the 1980s. China's poverty … most recent official estimate of rural poverty in China for 2007 puts the number of poor at 14.79 million, or less than 2 …

China's progress in poverty reduction over the last 25 years is enviable. One cannot fail to be impressed by what this … stage of development than it was at the dawn of the economic reforms at the beginning of the 1980s. China's poverty … most recent official estimate of rural poverty in China for 2007 puts the number of poor at 14.79 million, or less than 2 …

China's progress in poverty reduction over the last 25 years is enviable. One cannot fail to be impressed by what this … stage of development than it was at the dawn of the economic reforms at the beginning of the 1980s. China's poverty … most recent official estimate of rural poverty in China for 2007 puts the number of poor at 14.79 million, or less than 2 …

, and developing countries do engage in productive, and rewarding market activity, for income from market participation is … promotion accompany market transactions. Hence, building institutions that support the development of markets is the primary … market players connected through open information, and trade; and, the promotion of competition among jurisdictions, firms …