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Competitiveness and Connectivity: Integrating Lagging Regions in Global Markets

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  • Farole, Thomas

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In recent decades, as integration of global trade and investment has accelerated, many countries—both developing and developed—have experienced widening disparities of output and income across regions within their borders. The emergence of entrenched “leading” and “lagging” regions is becoming an important policy challenge, particularly in many middle-income countries. This note discusses the role of trade integration in shaping and addressing the challenges of lagging regions.

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  • Farole, Thomas, 2012. "Competitiveness and Connectivity: Integrating Lagging Regions in Global Markets," World Bank - Economic Premise, The World Bank, issue 93, pages 1-5, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:wbk:prmecp:ep93
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    1. Alexis Habiyaremye, 2020. "Fast tracking the SADC integration agenda to unlock regional collaboration gains along growth corridors in Southern Africa," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2020-95, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    2. Reeg, Caroline, 2017. "Spatial development initiatives – potentials, challenges and policy lessons: with a specific outlook for inclusive agrocorridors in Sub-Sahara Africa," IDOS Studies, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), volume 97, number 97, January.
    3. World Bank, 2013. "Growth without Borders : A Regional Growth Pole Diagnostic for Southern Africa," World Bank Publications - Reports 16708, The World Bank Group.

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    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights
    • O4 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity

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