World Development Report 2009: Reshaping Economic Geography

by World Bank

Book Overview

Rising densities of human settlements, migration and transport to reduce distances to market, and specialization and trade facilitated by fewer international divisions are central to economic development. The transformations along these three dimensions--density, distance, and division--are most noticeable in North America, Western Europe, and Japan, but countries in Asia and Eastern Europe are changing in ways similar in scope and speed. 'World Development...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821376071
• ISBN13: 9780821376072
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 383 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.9" x 10.4"