This publication presents a series of analytical papers and background documents prepared by the South Centre in response to a request from the Government of Indonesia during the preparations for the Tenth Non-Aligned Movement Summit in 1992. It examines major economic challenges faced by developing countries in the 1990s and outlines proposals for strengthening South–South cooperation and pr…
This book contains: 1. Introduction to urban and regional economics 2. Locational decisions of the firm 3. Market areas and urban system 4. Agglomeration and economic structure 5. Regional growth and development: Fundamental perspectives 6. Regional growth and development: Advanced perspectives 7. The practice of economic development 8. Poverty and antipoverty programs 9. Interregion…
This book presented brief case studies on cluster submunition contamination in Albania and the Lao People's Democratic Republic. These studies present a picture of the short and long-term humanitarian and socio-economic impact of cluster munition use.
As the earth becomes increasingly urban and its surface covered by concrete, cities are transformed under the impact of demographical, economical, sosial and cultural factors. The meaning of such ideas as the centre and boundaries of a city is changing. People live in a succession of contiguous urban spaces, each one fragmented into specialized areas of work, production, services, housing and r…
This book comprises key essays on comparative regionalism and, more broadly, on regional conflict and cooperation by Professor Etel Solingen. The study of regionalism, a subject pioneered by Solingen in the 1990s, is now an established field of inquiry, with a large community of scholars and practitioners around the world. This book provides a window into an evolving conceptual framework for c…