000 00373nam a2200133Ia 4500
999 _c151709
_d151709
020 _a9780821376072
040 _cCUS
082 _a330.9
_bWOR/W
245 0 _aWorld development report 2009: Reshaping economic geography/
_cWorld Bank.
260 _aWashington:
_bWorld Bank,
_c2009.
300 _axxiii, 383 p.
_bill. ;
_c27 cm.
505 _aOverview -- Introduction: place and policy -- Geography in motion -- GIM 1: overcoming distance in North America -- GIM2: Overcoming division in Western Europe -- GIM3: Distance and division in East Asia -- GIM4: Density, distance, and division in sub-Saharan Africa -- Density -- Distance -- Divisions -- Scale economies and agglomeration -- Factor mobility and migration -- Transport costs and specialization -- Concentration without congestion: Managing an integrated portfolio of places -- Utility, not uniformity: Policies to integrate lagging and leading areas -- Winners without borders: Integrating poor countries with world markets.
650 _aEconomic geography
710 _aWorld Bank.
942 _cWB16