Photo: Gareth Williams
Aerial view of rice fields
near Vientiane, Laos

Governance and Sub-National Growth

Project Description:	The Policy Practice prepared a study addressing the question of how governments in low income countries should respond to uneven patterns of growth and poverty reduction between different regions within the country. Evidence reviewed in this paper indicates that the spatial concentration of economic activity in and around cities is a major driver of growth and poverty reduction. However, this may often result in widening disparities between sub-national regions. The fundamental issue addressed by this paper is whether these disparities matter, and whether governments can do anything effective to address them.
Start Date:	June 2005
Project Duration:	3 months
Country:	Global
Themes:	Spatial development, mobility and urbanisation Political economy of development, institutions and corruption Poverty reduction and development Economic policy, trade, private sector development and foreign investment
Client:	DFID
Funder:	DFID
Team Members:	Alex Duncan (team leader) Gareth Williams Pierre Landell-Mills
Related documents:	Government and sub-national growth. Uneven growth within low-income countries: does it matter, and can governments do anything effective? Growing out of Spatial Poverty: Growth, Sub-National Equity and Poverty Reduction. A Five Country Comparison
Related projects:	Growth, Sub-National Equity and Poverty Reduction Policies - A Five-Country Comparison

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