Documents et rapports
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Africa's cities : opening doors to the World (Vol. 2 of 2) (anglais)
Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa are experiencing rapid population growth. Yet their economic growth has not kept pace. Why? One factor might be low capital investment, due in part to Africa’s relative poverty:...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 112756 Date du document: 1 janvier 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lall,Somik V.,Henderson,John Vernon,Venables,Anthony J.
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Africa's cities : opening doors to the World (Vol. 1 of 2) : Africa's cities : opening doors to the World - overview (anglais)
Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa are experiencing rapid population growth. Yet their economic growth has not kept pace. Why? One factor might be low capital investment, due in part to Africa’s relative poverty:...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 112756 Date du document: 1 janvier 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lall,Somik V.,Henderson,John Vernon,Venables,Anthony J.
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Africa's cities : opening doors to the World (Vol. 1 of 2) : Cidades Africanas : abrindo as portas ao mundo - visão geral (portugais)
Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa are experiencing rapid population growth. Yet their economic growth has not kept pace. Why? One factor might be low capital investment, due in part to Africa’s relative poverty:...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 112756 Date du document: 1 janvier 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lall,Somik V.,Henderson,John Vernon,Venables,Anthony J.
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Africa's cities : opening doors to the World (Vol. 1 of 2) : Africa's cities : opening doors to the World - overview (français)
Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa are experiencing rapid population growth. Yet their economic growth has not kept pace. Why? One factor might be low capital investment, due in part to Africa’s relative poverty:...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 112756 Date du document: 1 janvier 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lall,Somik V.,Henderson,John Vernon,Venables,Anthony J.
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Volunteerism after the tsunami : the effects of democratization (anglais)
Using three waves of survey data from fishing villages in Aceh, Indonesia for 2005–09, we examine the determinants of local volunteer labor after the tsunami. Volunteer labor is the village public sector...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 129175 Date du document: 1 janvier 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Freire, J, Tiago,Henderson,John Vernon,Kuncoro,Ari
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50 years of urbanization in Africa : examining the role of climate change (anglais)
This paper documents a significant impact of climate variation on urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa, primarily in more arid countries. By lowering farm incomes, reduced moisture availability encourages...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS6925 Date du document: 1 juin 2014 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Henderson,John Vernon,Storeygard,Adam,Deichmann,Uwe Klaus
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Urbanization and the geography of development (anglais)
This paper focuses on three interrelated questions on urbanization and the geography of development. First, although we herald cities with their industrial bases as "engines of growth," does industrialization...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS6877 Date du document: 1 mai 2014 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Henderson,John Vernon
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Urbanization and the geography of development (anglais)
This paper focuses on several interrelated key questions on the geography of development. Although we herald cities with their industrial bases as 'engines of growth,' does industrialization in fact drive...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 84232 Date du document: 1 novembre 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Henderson,John Vernon
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Is urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa different ? (anglais)
In the past dozen years, a literature has developed arguing that urbanization has unfolded differently in post-independence Sub-Saharan Africa than in the rest of the developing world, with implications...
Numéro du rapport: WPS6481 Date du document: 1 juin 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Henderson,John Vernon,Roberts,Mark,Storeygard,Adam
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Determinants of city growth in Brazil (anglais)
The authors examine the determinants of Brazilian city growth between 1970 and 2000. They consider a model of a city that combines aspects of standard urban economics and the new economic geography literatures...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS3723 Date du document: 1 septembre 2005 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Da Mata,Daniel Ferreira,Deichmann,Uwe Klaus,Henderson,John Vernon,Lall,Somik V.,Wang,Hyoung Gun
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Examining the growth patterns of Brazilian cities (anglais)
The share of urban population in Brazil increased from 58 to 80 percent between 1970 and 2000 and all net population growth over the next 30 years is predicted to be in cities. This paper explores population...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS3724 Date du document: 1 septembre 2005 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Da Mata,Daniel Ferreira,Deichmann,Uwe Klaus,Henderson,John Vernon,Lall,Somik V.,Wang,Hyoung Gun
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The World Bank research observer 17 (1) (anglais)
Weathering the storm : the impact of the East Asian crisis on farm households in Indonesia and Thailand; by Fabrizio Bresciani, Gershon Feder, Daniel O. Gilligan, Hanan G. Jacoby, Tongroj Onchan, and Jaime...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 24774 Date du document: 31 mars 2002 Auteur: Bresciani,Fabrizio,Devarajan, Shantayanan [editor],Fallon,Peter R.,Feder,Gershon,Filmer,Deon P.,Gilligan,Daniel O.,Hammer,Jeffrey S.,Henderson,John Vernon,Hertel,Thomas W.,Hoekman,Bernard M.,Jack,William G.,Jacoby,Hanan G.,Lucas,Robert E. B.,Martin, Will,Onchan,Tongroj,Pritchett,Lant Hayward,Quizon,Jaime B.
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Urbanization in developing countries (anglais)
The rapid urbanization in many developing countries over the past half century seems to have been accompanied by excessively high levels of concentration of the urban population in very large cities. Some...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 76668 Date du document: 1 janvier 2002 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Henderson,John Vernon
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Urban and regional dynamics in Poland (anglais)
In this exploration of urban and regional dynamics in Poland after the transition, the authors find that the degree of urbanization, and primacy remains low in Poland. The largest cities are not growing...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS2457 Date du document: 30 septembre 2000 Auteur: Deichmann,Uwe Klaus,Henderson,John Vernon
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How urban concentration affects economic growth (anglais)
The author explores the issue of urban over-concentration econometrically, using data from a panel of 80 to 100 countries every 5 years from 1960 to 1995. He finds the following: 1) At any level of development...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS2326 Date du document: 30 avril 2000 Auteur: Henderson,John Vernon
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Rapport sur le développement dans le monde, 1999-2000. Le développement à l’aube du XXIe siècle (français)
Vingt-deuxième édition de cette série, ce rapport est consacré à la nouvelle dynamique du développement à l’aube du XXIe siècle, notamment le grand pragmatisme qui prévaut au-delà de la croissance économique...
Type de document: Rapport sur le développement dans le monde Numéro du rapport: 19279 Date du document: 1 janvier 2000 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Altaf, Anjum,Dillinger,William R.,Evenett,Simon J.,Fay,Marianne,Henderson,John Vernon,Kenny,Charles J.,Wu, Weiping,Yusuf,Shahid
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World development report 1999/2000 : entering the 21st century (arabe)
The theme of this 22nd edition of the World Development Report is the changing development landscape in the 21st century. The Report focuses on two forces of change: the integration of the world economy...
Type de document: Rapport sur le développement dans le monde Numéro du rapport: 19279 Date du document: 1 janvier 2000 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Altaf, Anjum,Dillinger,William R.,Evenett,Simon J.,Fay,Marianne,Henderson,John Vernon,Kenny,Charles J.,Wu, Weiping,Yusuf,Shahid
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World development report 1999/2000 : entering the 21st century : Informe sobre el desarrollo mundial : en el umbral del siglo 21 (espagnol)
The theme of this 22nd edition of the World Development Report is the changing development landscape in the 21st century. The Report focuses on two forces of change: the integration of the world economy...
Type de document: Rapport sur le développement dans le monde Numéro du rapport: 19279 Date du document: 1 janvier 2000 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Altaf, Anjum,Dillinger,William R.,Evenett,Simon J.,Fay,Marianne,Henderson,John Vernon,Kenny,Charles J.,Wu, Weiping,Yusuf,Shahid
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World development report 1999/2000 : entering the 21st century (russe)
The theme of this 22nd edition of the World Development Report is the changing development landscape in the 21st century. The Report focuses on two forces of change: the integration of the world economy...
Type de document: Rapport sur le développement dans le monde Numéro du rapport: 19279 Date du document: 1 janvier 2000 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Altaf, Anjum,Dillinger,William R.,Evenett,Simon J.,Fay,Marianne,Henderson,John Vernon,Kenny,Charles J.,Wu, Weiping,Yusuf,Shahid
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World development report 1999/2000 : entering the 21st century (vietnamien)
The theme of this 22nd edition of the World Development Report is the changing development landscape in the 21st century. The Report focuses on two forces of change: the integration of the world economy...
Type de document: Rapport sur le développement dans le monde Numéro du rapport: 19279 Date du document: 31 août 1999 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Altaf, Anjum,Dillinger,William R.,Evenett,Simon J.,Fay,Marianne,Henderson,John Vernon,Kenny,Charles J.,Wu, Weiping,Yusuf,Shahid