Poor places, thriving people : how the Middle East and North Africa can rise above spatial disparities. [electronic resource]
- Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2011.
- xxiii, 363 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm.
- World Bank e-Library. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Overview -- The political demand: spatial equity without compromising productivity -- Diagnose to prescribe. Uncovering the truth about spatial disparities -- Policy package 1: levelling the playing field and investing in people -- Policy package 2: connectivity - making spillovers work for poor places -- Policy package 3: from subsidies to clusters - the new approach to local economic development -- Proximity for all: public institutions for spatial policies.
9780821383216 9780821384237 (electronic)
2010038030
Industrial location--Africa, North.
Industrial location--Middle East.
Space in economics.
Africa, North--Economic conditions--Regional disparities.
Middle East--Economic conditions--Regional disparities.
HC415.15.Z9 / D576 2011
339.4/60956
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Overview -- The political demand: spatial equity without compromising productivity -- Diagnose to prescribe. Uncovering the truth about spatial disparities -- Policy package 1: levelling the playing field and investing in people -- Policy package 2: connectivity - making spillovers work for poor places -- Policy package 3: from subsidies to clusters - the new approach to local economic development -- Proximity for all: public institutions for spatial policies.
9780821383216 9780821384237 (electronic)
2010038030
Industrial location--Africa, North.
Industrial location--Middle East.
Space in economics.
Africa, North--Economic conditions--Regional disparities.
Middle East--Economic conditions--Regional disparities.
HC415.15.Z9 / D576 2011
339.4/60956