Chapter 1. Introduction. A Millennial View of Spain’s Development -- Part I: Growth and Well-being -- Chapter 2. Growth Recurring in Preindustrial Economy -- Chapter 3. Capital Accumulation -- Chapter 4. Productivity Growth -- Chapter 5. Inequality and Poverty -- Part II. Spain in the Global...

Regional economic development has been long conceptualised as a non-linear, interactive and socially embedded process: these features were traditionally regarded as spatially mediated and highly localised. However, unprecedentedly fast technological change coupled with the intensification of...

The claim of globalization critics that the income gap to industrial countries is bound to widen for essentially all developing countries as a consequence of economic globalization is in conflict with empirical evidence. Economic performance differs tremendously across developing countries. We...