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An Introduction To Place Based Developm
Gilberto Seravalli
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Paperback. Num Pages: 154 pages, 46 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; KCP; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 250.
This book introduces the reader to local development economics and policy, with a special focus on the place-based paradigm that covers its justification, its difficulties and the types of public intervention that it suggests. The starting point for the analysis is that economic development in lagging places is not to be expected as the result of a mechanism of automatic convergence between backward and advanced regions and that, therefore, the most appropriate development policy is not to maximize competition among all agents in all sectors and places. The failure of the Washington Consensus is examined, and the two competing positions ... Read more
This book introduces the reader to local development economics and policy, with a special focus on the place-based paradigm that covers its justification, its difficulties and the types of public intervention that it suggests. The starting point for the analysis is that economic development in lagging places is not to be expected as the result of a mechanism of automatic convergence between backward and advanced regions and that, therefore, the most appropriate development policy is not to maximize competition among all agents in all sectors and places. The failure of the Washington Consensus is examined, and the two competing positions ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319386591
SKU
V9783319386591
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99-15
About Gilberto Seravalli
Gilberto Seravalli was Full Professor of Development Economics at Parma University (Italy) until his retirement and he also taught at the University of California (Berkeley, United States) and directed the “Fondazione Nitti” residential school of advanced studies in development policies. Prof. Seravalli is a member of the PhD in Urban Studies Committee at GSSI – Gran Sasso Science Institute (Italy). ... Read more
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