World Development Report 2009

A Practical Economic Geography

Bibliographic Data

ID4891660
AuthorsUwe Deichmann (World Bank), Indermit Gill, Indermit S Gill (World Bank), Chor Ching Goh (World Bank)
Year2010
Volume86
Issue4
Pages371-380
Publication date2010-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEconomic Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-0095 • E-ISSN: 1944-8287
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1944-8287.2010.01095.x
OpenAlexW1494711679
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited6

The World Development Report 2009: Reshaping Economic Geography (WDR 2009a) was written to inform policy debates about urbanization, lagging areas, and globalization. During almost two years of consultations and dissemination, the report met with broad acceptance among government officials, development professionals, and researchers. Policymakers grappling with difficult spatial development issues have found the report's analytical framework compelling and its policy guidance useful. An exception to this generally favorable reception has been the reaction from a number of economic geographers. In this article, we respond to criticisms about the report's scope, guiding framework, and policy implications that are emphasized in the accompanying articles in this issue of Economic Geography. In conclusion, we agree with economic geographers such as Rodríguez-Pose who call for critical engagement with the report and with the more detailed follow-up studies that use the WDR 2009's framework. This would both improve the quality of spatial policy advice and increase the visibility of economic geographers in international development debates

Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Globalization · Government (linguistics) · Lagging · Political science · Regional science · Scope (computer science) · Sociology · Urbanization · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Regional resilience and development

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