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Openness, Industrialization, and Geographic Concentration of Activities in China

Rapid development, a widening regional gap, and growing concentration of activities have characterized the Chinese economy since the reforms in the late 1970s. This paper examines the spatial disparities of the economic concentration in different stages of development from a geographic approach in t...

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Main Authors: Catin, Maurice, Luo, Xubei, Van Huffel, Christophe
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AGGLOMERATION
BEVERAGE MANUFACTURING
BILATERAL TRADE
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
COAL
COASTAL AREAS
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES
COMPETITIVENESS
CONDITIONS
CONSTRUCTION
DECENTRALIZATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DIVISION OF LABOR
ECONOMIC CONCENTRATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC HISTORY
ECONOMIC POWER
ECONOMIC SIZE
ECONOMIC WELFARE
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
EQUIPMENT
EXPORTS
EXTERNALITY
EXTRACTION
FUTURE RESEARCH
GAS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GINI COEFFICIENT
GROWTH RATE
IMPORTS
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
INDUSTRIAL GROWTH
INDUSTRIAL LOCATION
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
INDUSTRIALIZATION
INDUSTRY CONCENTRATION
INEFFICIENCY
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LABOR COSTS
LABOR INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
LOGGING
MACHINERY
MANUFACTURED GOODS
MANUFACTURING
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
METALS
MODERNIZATION
PATENTS
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLLUTION
POPULATION GROWTH
POWER GENERATION
PRESSING
PRODUCTIVITY
PROTECTIONISM
PURCHASING POWER
REAL GDP
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
THEORETICAL MODELS
TIMBER
VALUE ADDED
VALUE­ADDED
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/09/6265682/openness-industrialization-geographic-concentration-activities-china
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8291

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