The debate ''industrial policy for rural areas versus disconnection of rural areas'' misses the right alternative. Policy should not focus on spatial equalisation of economic production, it should instead focus on the (spatial) equalisation of living standards. As outlined in the World Development Report (WDR) 2009: Reshaping Economic Geography, one-size fits all solutions for development do not exist. Different stages of development require different policies. Therefore, industrial policy schould be reinterpreted in such a sense that it allows spatial concentration of economic activities, builds infrastructure to connect rural areas to the economic centres and only targets specific problems rather than trying to direct the whole development process.
Dr Sebastian Vollmer
Harvard University, Cambridge,
MA, USA and Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
svollmer@hsph.harvard.edu
This website uses cookies for analysis to give you the best possible content. You can revoke your consent to the use of cookies at any time.
All | Provider | Description | |
---|---|---|---|
CookieController | DLG-Verlag GmbH |
storing cookie settings from this bar
cookies used by this function:
|
|
TYPO3 Frontend User | TYPO3 |
standard TYPO3 session cookie to hold User login information for this webpage
cookies used by this function:
|
|
PHPSESSID | PHP |
PHPSESSID is a standard session cookie for PHP applications. It is used to recognize the user in order to deliver the desired content.
cookies used by this function:
|
All | Provider | Description | |
---|---|---|---|
Google Analytics |
used by google analytics
google privacy page cookies used by this function:
|