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Trade and Regional Inequality
Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - 2017
This paper examines the relationship between openness and within-country regional inequality across 28 countries over the period 1975-2005, paying special attention to whether increases in global trade affect the developed and developing world differently. Using a combination of static and...
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Measuring and Explaining Patterns of Spatial Income Inequality from Outer Space : Evidence from Africa
Mveyange, Anthony - 2018
This paper argues for night--lights data as an alternative data source for measuring spatial inequalities in Africa, where the paucity of subnational income data is persistent. The analysis compares the statistical relationships between income and lights-based measures of spatial income...
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Managing State Debt and Ensuring Solvency : The Indian Experience
Rangarajan, C. - 2017
The paper presents the policymakers? perspective on the reforms undertaken to manage states? debt and ensure solvency. While the sustained high growth rates of the Indian economy played a part in alleviating the interest burden on debt and ensuring that the debt does not grow in an explosive...
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States Diverge, Cities Converge : Drivers of Local Growth Catch-Up in India
Li, Yue - 2018
This paper takes a fresh look at growth convergence in India, combining insights from macroeconomics and urban …
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Spatial Development and Agglomeration Economies in Services -- Lessons from India
Ghani, Syed Ejaz - 2017
from India, this paper helps narrow this gap by comparing and contrasting the spatial development of services with that in …
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What Explains Big Gender Disparities in India? Local Industrial Structures and Female Entrepreneurship
Ghani, Syed Ejaz - 2017
in India. What explains these huge gender disparities? Is it poor infrastructure, limited education, and gender … female entrepreneurs?This paper analyzes the spatial determinants of female entrepreneurship in India in the manufacturing …
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What Makes Cities More Competitive? Spatial Determinants of Entrepreneurship in India
Ghani, Syed Ejaz - 2017
, boost economic growth, and promote job creation. The authors examine the spatial location of entrepreneurs in India in … patterns are true for manufacturing and services. These relationships are much stronger in India than those found for the … United States. The authors also find strong evidence of agglomeration economies in India's manufacturing sector. This …
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The Spatial Development of India
Desmet, Klaus - 2017
benefits accruing to them. India's mega-cities have continued to grow. This situation raises a number of important policy … questions. Should India aim to spread development more equally across space? Are India's cities becoming too large? Should the … is India?s experience compared with China and USA? …
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Do Performance Agreements Help Improve Service Delivery? The Experience of Brazilian States
Vinuela, Lorena - 2017
A growing number of states and municipalities in Brazil rely on results-based management, and many other local and state governments are considering adopting the practice. This paper examines the experiences of the Brazilian states that have implemented results agreements linked to variable pay....
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The Impact of Mining on Spatial Inequality Recent Evidence from Africa
Addison, Tony - 2017
This paper investigates the relationship between mining and spatial inequality in Africa during 2001-12. The identification strategy is based on a unilateral causation between mining and district inequality. The findings show that when minerals are aggregated, mining increases district...
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