The channels through which geography influences economic and social development can be studied at different levels and perspectives of time. Countries are the basic unit of observation, and some historical considerations notwithstanding, the horizon of analysis is limited to the past four or five decades. The objective is to establish to what extent geography is responsible for differences in development between countries, and more specifically between...
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2003/08/01
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Is geography destiny? : lessons from Latin America
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per capita income growth
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Gallup,John Luke; Gaviria,Alejandro; Lora, Eduardo.
Is geography destiny? : lessons from Latin America (English). Latin American development forum Washington, DC : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/125631468045067071