Households or locations? cities, catchment areas and prosperity in India

This paper combines insights from poverty analysis and urban economics

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 November 2015
Country:
India
Document Type:
Working Paper
Theme:
Economic Growth
Authors:
Li, Yue, Rama, M

Abstract

Policy makers in developing countries, including India, are increasingly sensitive to the links between spatial transformation and economic development. However, the empirical knowledge available on those links is most often insufficient to guide policy decisions. There is no shortage of case studies on urban agglomerations of different sorts, or of benchmarking exercises for states and districts, but more systematic evidence is scarce. To help address this gap, this paper combines insights from poverty analysis and urban economics, and develops a methodology to assess spatial performance with a high degree of granularity.

This research was partly funded by the UK Department for International Development as part of the Sustainable Urban Development Multi Donor Trust Fund.

Citation

Li, Yue; Rama, Martin. 2015. Households or Locations? : Cities, Catchment Areas and Prosperity in India. Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7473. World Bank, Washington, DC. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/23445 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.

Households or locations ? cities, catchment areas and prosperity in India

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