PHA-Exch> World Development Report (WDR) 2009 - Seeing Development in 3D

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <ruglucia at paho.org>
crossposted from: EQUIDAD at listserv.paho.org

            *World Development Report (WDR) 2009  - Seeing Development in 3D
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*World Bank – December 2007 *



Website

http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTRESEARCH/EXTWDRS/EXTWDR2009/0,,menuPK:4231145~pagePK:64167702~piPK:64167676~theSitePK:4231059,00.html?cid=decresearch



      *Outline of the report – PDF [47p.] at:
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2009/Resources/Outline.pdf *

"……..Geography matters for development.  Yet economic geography - that is,
consideration of the "spatial" aspects that determine economic growth and
the welfare of people - is seldomly taken into account in crafting
development policy.  In low and middle-income countries, as in rich
countries, economic activity is increasingly concentrating in certain
locations.  However, this concentration is accompanied by sizeable—and
increasing— disparities in living standards across villages, towns, cities
and regions.   Paradoxically, in a world which is rapidly globalizing, one
of the most important determinants of well-being is still where a person is
born: in which country, in what province within the country, and whether in
a city or the countryside….."



"…..Economic activity becomes increasingly concentrated with development.
As this happens, substantial disparities in welfare can emerge between rural
and urban areas, between leading and lagging regions within countries and,
perhaps most dramatically, between countries in different parts of the
world.



The objective of the *World Development Report (WDR) 2009 "Seeing
Development in 3D*" is to identify and understand the interactions between:
 *economic geography, growth, and living standards*, and to draw the
implications of these interactions for policy.  WDR 2009 charts the changes
in the three spatial dimensions of economic activity and household welfare:
rising density, falling distance and persisting division.



The WDR will highlight the dimensions and significance of spatial forces
that shape economic development; and recommend policies to facilitate the
spatial transformations necessary to sustain economic growth, reduce
disparities in welfare, and reduce poverty.



The report aims to reframe three important policy debates: *on urbanization
in developing countries; on territorial development policies; and on the
pros and cons of regional integration.* …."
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