Spatial Inequality and Development

Thirteen papers, presented at a conference held at the London School of Economics in June 2002, study spatial inequality; in a global context, explore the evolution and determinants of spatial inequality, and consider what policy response, if any, would be appropriate. Papers focus on regional output differences in international perspective; local inequality in Ecuador, Madagascar, and Mozambique; how age structure and returns to experience affect the income dynamics and convergence of Brazilian regions; adverse geography and differences in welfare in Peru; market size, linkages, and productivity in Japanese regions; evidence from China on whether externalities play an important role in rural development; a regional analysis of poverty, inequality, and growth in Indonesia, 1984-99; the evolution of income inequality and poverty in Africa and the role of economic policy reforms, the remoteness of many poor Africans, and risk in explaining the observed trends; trade liberalization and regional growth in Mexico; international trade, location, and wage inequality in China; spatial inequality for manufacturing wages in five African countries; regional poverty and income inequality in Central and Eastern Europe; and inequality and poverty dynamics across Russian regions. Kanbur is at Cornell University. Venables is at the London School of Economics. Author and subject indexes