Is geography destiny?

Author:

Gallup, John Luke

Place:

Washington D.C.

Publisher:

World Bank

Phys descriptions:

xiv, 171 p. : ill.

Date published:

2003

Record type:

Book/Monograph

Responsibility:

Gaviria, Alejandro

Lora, Eduardo

Subject:

LATIN AMERICA--ECONOMIC CONDITIONS

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

ISBN:

0-8213-5451-5

Call No:

911.3.33(8) GAL

Abstract:

Sometimes the most candid questions are the most interesting. Why are some countries poorer than others? Why do some countries in Latin America fail to grow at a satisfactory pace even when they have followed all the suggestions prescribed by economists? Why are inequalities greater in Latin American societies than in other developing regions?

Language:

English

Series:

Latin American development forum

CITATION: Gallup, John Luke. Is geography destiny? . Washington D.C. : World Bank , 2003. - Available at: https://library.au.int/geography-destiny-3