Sustainable Human Development
Sustainable Human Development

Author: M. Biggeri

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-08-22

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1137380292

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Integrating Amartya Sen's approach with the literature on place-based territorial development processes, this book recognises the interplay between the evolution of local development systems and the expansion of individual and collective capabilities.

Regional Disparities, Growth, and Inclusiveness
Regional Disparities, Growth, and Inclusiveness

Author: Mr.Holger Floerkemeier

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2021-02-12

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1513569503

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We discuss regional disparities in economic performance and living standards. We first set out some key facts, and provide a conceptual framework to help analyze whether such disparities are efficient, or instead reflect market and/or policy failures. We examine whether policy attempts to reduce regional disparities necessarily involve a trade-off between equity and efficiency. We then investigate whether policymakers should focus on boosting the economic performance of lagging regions—or, conversely, accept the presence of regional disparities, and instead assist households in lagging regions through transfer payments, investments in education, health, and other basic services, and by facilitating out-migration.