TY  - BOOK
AU  - Henderson,Vernon
AU  - Henderson,Vernon
TI  - How Urban Concentration Affects Economic Growth
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - The World Bank
KW  - Capital
KW  - Consumers
KW  - Costs
KW  - Development
KW  - Economic Efficiency
KW  - Economic Geography
KW  - Economic Growth
KW  - Economic Theory and Research
KW  - Economies Of Scale
KW  - Economy
KW  - Emerging Markets
KW  - Externalities
KW  - Finance and Financial Sector Development
KW  - Financial Literacy
KW  - GDP
KW  - GDP Per Capita
KW  - Goods
KW  - Growth Rate
KW  - Health, Nutrition and Population
KW  - Income
KW  - Industrialization
KW  - Inequality
KW  - Labor Policies
KW  - Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
KW  - Marginal Benefits
KW  - Markets
KW  - Population Policies
KW  - Poverty Reduction
KW  - Private Sector Development
KW  - Pro-Poor Growth
KW  - Social Protections and Labor
KW  - Telecommunications
KW  - Transactions Costs
KW  - Transport
KW  - Transport Economics, Policy and Planning
KW  - Urban Development Policies and Strategies
KW  - Urban Housing and Land
N2  - April 2000 - If urban overconcentration really is an issue, it ought to affect economic growth rates in a robust, consistent fashion. And it does. Not only is there an optimal degree of urban concentration that varies with country income, but departures from optimal concentration result in substantial growth losses. Overconcentrated countries can reduce concentration by investing in interregional transport infrastructure - in particular, increasing the density of road networks. Henderson explores the issue of urban overconcentration econometrically, using data from a panel of 80 to 100 countries every 5 years from 1960 to 1995. He finds the following: At any level of development there is indeed a best degree of national urban concentration. It increases sharply as income rises, up to a per capita income of about
UR  - http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/1813-9450-2326
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