Does MENA's Governance Lead to Spatial Agglomeration and Disparities?

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dc.creatorGaniou Mijiyawa, Abdoul
dc.creatorKremer, Alexander
dc.creatorWhitmore, Loic
dc.date2017-06-27T19:01:55Z
dc.date2017-06-27T19:01:55Z
dc.date2011-04
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:05:51Z
dc.descriptionIn this paper the author analyze the link between spatial agglomeration, spatial disparities and political governance with an emphasis on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The agglomeration index and the urban-rural consumption ratio are used respectively as a measurement of spatial agglomeration and spatial disparities. The author distinguishes two aspects of political governance: political rights and political stability. Statistically, we find that agglomeration rate is higher in MENA, whereas the indexes of political rights and political stability are lower in MENA compared to the rest of the world and other lower middle income countries. When running the regressions, the data better fit the agglomeration model than the urban-rural consumption ratio model. Using cross-sectional data for 182 countries around the world, the author find that the political rights index is negatively and significantly linked to the agglomeration rate. Our results suggest that an improvement in MENA countries' level of political rights to the average of the rest of the world would be associated with agglomeration rate 4 percentage points lower than its average level in the region. The data also reveal an inverted-U relationship between the agglomeration rate and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, and a negative relationship between trade openness and the agglomeration rate.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/302781468278682747/Does-MENAs-governance-lead-to-spatial-agglomeration-and-disparities
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/27377
dc.identifier10.1596/27377
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/415176
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationMiddle East and North Africa Working Paper Series;52
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL POPULATION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectAVERAGE LEVEL
dc.subjectAVERAGE PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectBUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectCITIZENS
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVENESS
dc.subjectCOUNTRY CLASSIFICATION
dc.subjectCOUNTRY SIZE
dc.subjectCROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS
dc.subjectCROSS-SECTIONAL DATA
dc.subjectCULTURAL CHANGE
dc.subjectDATA SET
dc.subjectDEBT
dc.subjectDECENTRALIZATION
dc.subjectDEMOCRACY
dc.subjectDEPENDENT VARIABLE
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
dc.subjectECONOMETRIC MODELS
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC CONCENTRATION
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC HISTORY
dc.subjectECONOMIC INTEGRATION
dc.subjectECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectECONOMIC POLICY
dc.subjectECONOMIC RESEARCH
dc.subjectECONOMIC REVIEW
dc.subjectECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL LITERATURE
dc.subjectEXPLANATORY FACTORS
dc.subjectEXPLANATORY VARIABLE
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectEXTERNAL ACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subjectFAMILY PLANNING
dc.subjectFERTILITY
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectFOREIGN EXCHANGE
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGDP PER CAPITA
dc.subjectGENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS
dc.subjectGOVERNANCE INDICATORS
dc.subjectGOVERNANCE QUALITY
dc.subjectHIGH GROWTH
dc.subjectHIV
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectINCREASING RETURNS
dc.subjectINDUSTRIALIZATION
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subjectINVENTORIES
dc.subjectINVERTED-U RELATIONSHIP
dc.subjectINVESTMENT CLIMATE
dc.subjectJOB CREATION
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOUR FORCE
dc.subjectLAND TENURE
dc.subjectLARGE POPULATION
dc.subjectLEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectLOCAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subjectLOW INCOME
dc.subjectLOW INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectMEAN VALUE
dc.subjectMEASUREMENT ERRORS
dc.subjectMEDIAN VOTER
dc.subjectMIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subjectNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectNEGATIVE EFFECT
dc.subjectNEGATIVE LINK
dc.subjectNEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectPOLICY IMPLICATIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY MAKERS
dc.subjectPOLICY OPTIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOLITICAL INSTABILITY
dc.subjectPOLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL PARTIES
dc.subjectPOLITICAL PROCESS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL RIGHTS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL SCIENCE
dc.subjectPOLITICAL STABILITY
dc.subjectPOPULATION DENSITY
dc.subjectPOPULATION SIZE
dc.subjectPOSITIVE CORRELATION
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EFFECT
dc.subjectPRIMATE CITY
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectPUBLIC DEBT
dc.subjectPUBLIC EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectPUBLIC POLICIES
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subjectPURCHASING POWER
dc.subjectPURCHASING POWER PARITY
dc.subjectREGIONAL DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectREGIONAL GROWTH
dc.subjectREGIONAL INEQUALITY
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectRURAL POPULATIONS
dc.subjectSECTOR EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectSIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectSIGNIFICANT EFFECT
dc.subjectSIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP
dc.subjectSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSOCIAL SCIENCES
dc.subjectSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS
dc.subjectTAX SYSTEM
dc.subjectTAXATION
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONS
dc.subjectTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectTRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectTRADE POLICY
dc.subjectTRANSPORTATION
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectURBAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectURBAN POPULATION
dc.subjectURBANIZATION
dc.subjectURBANIZATION RATE
dc.titleDoes MENA's Governance Lead to Spatial Agglomeration and Disparities?
dc.typeWorking Paper
dc.typeDocument de travail
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