Redrawing the map of the world? Reflections on the world development report 2009

Economic Geography

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 341-350

  Hart, Gillian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Economic geography; Finance capital; Rural urban transition

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; FINANCIAL MARKET; LITERATURE REVIEW;

EID: 77958500056     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: 19448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2010.01091.x     Document Type: Article

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