Geography

Document Type

Article

Abstract

This article summarizes the results of a research program conducted in 11 Latin America countries, addressing two questions: (1) what factors determine territorial development dynamics that lead to economic growth, poverty reduction, and improved income distribution? (2) What can be done to stimulate this kind of territorial dynamics? We highlight five "bundles of factors" that we found in 19 case studies of territorial development. 1,. 1In fact, 20 case studies were started, but the final report of one of them was not accepted during the program's quality control process, and thus we never considered this case study in our analyses. as well as the role of social territorial coalitions that appear to be necessary for territorial dynamics that lead to economic growth with social inclusion. The article calls for territorial development policies to complement sectoral policies.

Publication Title

World Development

Publication Date

9-2015

Volume

73

First Page

129

Last Page

137

ISSN

0305-750X

DOI

10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.10.018

Keywords

growth, inequality, Latin America, poverty, rural, territorial development

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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