What is it about?
This paper shows how a new measure of accessibility to markets in different regions of a developing country can explain regional differences in economic growth and in inequality
Featured Image
Why is it important?
There is a growing interest in explaining why populations located in some regions are poorer than others and how this impacts regional differences in economic growth. By showing that these regional differences in inequality and economic opportunity are influenced by access to markets for goods and services, such as market centers in large towns and cities, this paper explains why there are such disparities in the growth rates from region to region in developing countries
Perspectives
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Market Accessibility and Economic Growth: Insights from a New Dimension of Inequality, World Development, May 2017, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.04.018.
You can read the full text:
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page