Description: Is Geography Destiny? Lessons from Latin America

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Is Geography Destiny? Lessons from Latin America

This book is organized as follows: Introduction: Is Geography Destiny? Chapter 1 discuses The Channels of Influence of Geography: Latin America from an International Perspective. Chapter 2 discusses The Other Side of The Mountain: The Influence o...

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Main Authors:	Gallup, John Luke, Gaviria, Alejandro, Lora, Eduardo
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press 2013
Subjects:	GEOGRAPHY DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC POLICY HURRICANES EARTHQUAKE ENDEMIC DISEASES RURAL FAMILIES BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES MINORITY GROUPS DISADVANTAGED GROUPS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOIL QUALITY TROPICAL ZONES HIGHLAND ECOSYSTEMS LOWLANDS POPULATION DENSITY NOMADIC PEOPLES LIVESTOCK DISEASES ECONOMIC CONDITIONS POVERTY LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES ENVIRONMENT DEGRADATION FLOODING LANDSLIDES DEFORESTATION ECOSYSTEM ALTERATION CULTIVATION TECHNIQUES CROPS SOIL EROSION RISK MANAGEMENT POLICIES RISK MITIGATION TRANSPORT COSTS INPUTS PRODUCTION HEALTH ISSUES POOR HOUSEHOLDS AGING AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AIR ANNUAL REPORT CHANNELS CLIMATE CONCENTRATION INDEXES CRIME DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DISASTERS EARTH EARTHQUAKES ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS EROSION FAMILIES GDP GDP PER CAPITA GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION GEOGRAPHICAL VARIABLES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH RATE HEALTH CONDITIONS HOSPITALIZATION HOUSING INCENTIVE SYSTEMS INCOME INCOME LEVELS INFANT MORTALITY INHERITANCE INJURIES INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAND AREA LAND PRODUCTIVITY LATITUDE LIFE EXPECTANCY MALARIA MIGRATION MINERALS NATURAL RESOURCES NORTH AMERICA PER CAPITA INCOME PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY POINT POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLICY RESEARCH POLLUTION POPULATION DENSITIES POPULATION GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY RESEARCH AGENDA SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SCIENTISTS SOCIAL ISOLATION SOIL SOILS SOUTHERN CONE STERILIZATION TEMPERATE REGIONS TEMPERATE ZONES TROPICAL REGIONS TROPICS URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS VACCINATION VECTOR WEATHER PATTERNS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2809632/geography-destiny-lessons-latin-america http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14454

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Summary:	This book is organized as follows: Introduction: Is Geography Destiny? Chapter 1 discuses The Channels of Influence of Geography: Latin America from an International Perspective. Chapter 2 discusses The Other Side of The Mountain: The Influence of Geography Within Countries. Chapter 3 discusses Policies to Overcome the Limitations of Geography