Comments on: Follow the Chinese path? http://www.blogbharti.com/bombay-addict/india/follow-the-chinese-path/ Voices from the Indian Blogosphere Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:14:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: bhupinder http://www.blogbharti.com/bombay-addict/india/follow-the-chinese-path/comment-page-1/#comment-7740 bhupinder Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:50:08 +0000 http://www.blogbharti.com/bombay-addict/development/follow-the-chinese-path/#comment-7740 Thanks for the extract, Gaddeswarup. Thanks for the extract, Gaddeswarup.

]]> By: Bombay Addict http://www.blogbharti.com/bombay-addict/india/follow-the-chinese-path/comment-page-1/#comment-7739 Bombay Addict Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:18:49 +0000 http://www.blogbharti.com/bombay-addict/development/follow-the-chinese-path/#comment-7739 Gaddeswarup - thanks very much for that useful piece of info. Who'd hve thought that anyone would say that urbanisation does not affect the rate of economic growth! Gaddeswarup – thanks very much for that useful piece of info. Who’d hve thought that anyone would say that urbanisation does not affect the rate of economic growth!

]]> By: gaddeswarup http://www.blogbharti.com/bombay-addict/india/follow-the-chinese-path/comment-page-1/#comment-7737 gaddeswarup Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:31:15 +0000 http://www.blogbharti.com/bombay-addict/development/follow-the-chinese-path/#comment-7737 There is a special issue of Science Magazine on urbanization dated feb. 8, 2008. Unfortunately the articles need suscription. Here is the abstract of one of the survey articles. Urbanization and the Wealth of Nations David E. Bloom,* David Canning, Günther Fink The proportion of a country's population living in urban areas is highly correlated with its level of income. Urban areas offer economies of scale and richer market structures, and there is strong evidence that workers in urban areas are individually more productive, and earn more, than rural workers. However, rapid urbanization is also associated with crowding, environmental degradation, and other impediments to productivity. Overall, we find no evidence that the level of urbanization affects the rate of economic growth. Our findings weaken the rationale for either encouraging or discouraging urbanization as part of a strategy for economic growth. Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: dbloom@hsph.harvard.edu There is a special issue of Science Magazine on urbanization dated feb. 8, 2008. Unfortunately the articles need suscription. Here is the abstract of one of the survey articles.

Urbanization and the Wealth of Nations

David E. Bloom,* David Canning, Günther Fink

The proportion of a country’s population living in urban areas is highly correlated with its level of income. Urban areas offer economies of scale and richer market structures, and there is strong evidence that workers in urban areas are individually more productive, and earn more, than rural workers. However, rapid urbanization is also associated with crowding, environmental degradation, and other impediments to productivity. Overall, we find no evidence that the level of urbanization affects the rate of economic growth. Our findings weaken the rationale for either encouraging or discouraging urbanization as part of a strategy for economic growth.

Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: dbloom@hsph.harvard.edu

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