This report aims to assess the spatial disparities in economic development along four important dimensions: (i) It provides stylized facts of the underlying forces behind within-country inequality, namely natural endowment, agglomeration economies, and market access. These are the three building blocks of the economic geography literature; (ii) It examines spatial disparities in welfare and poverty. As the agricultural sector is a cornerstone of the...
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2017/08/01
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Other Poverty Study
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118151
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2017/08/10
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Disclosed
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The Geography of Welfare in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, and Togo
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market access
Citation
Nguyen,Nga Thi Viet; Dizon,Felipe Jr Fadullon.
The Geography of Welfare in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, and Togo (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/306301502329834751