In June 2008, academic economists, business professionals and government officials from around the world met in Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea to discuss factors causing the rural-urban divide within a country and their responses to globalization. This book is the outcome of the Symposium.
Significant gaps in economic development exist between rural and urban regions in most countries. With continued globalization and advances in technology, the Symposium addressed the economic differences between rural and urban regions in every continent, the status and sustainability of under-developed regions, and policy options to mitigate the rural-urban gap.

2008년 6월, 전 세계의 경제학자, 경영학 교수들, 정부 관료가 각국의 도농 격차를 야기하는 원인과 세계화에 대처하기 위한 방안을 토론하기 위해 모였다. 이 책은 그 심포지움의 결과물이다. 대부분 국가에서 도농 사이에는 현격한 격차가 존재한다. 계속된 세계화와 기술적 진보를 전제하고, 심포지움에서는 전 대륙에서 도농 간 존재하는 경제적인 차이, 저개발 지역의 지위와 지속성, 도농 격차를 줄이기 위한 정책 대안 등을 논의하였다.

Contents

Directory of Contributors
Preface

Chap. 1 Introdution and Overview
Chap. 2 The Rural-Urban Divide: An Urban Economist's Perspective
Chap. 3 Evaluating China's Urbanization Experience and Prospects
Chap. 4 Globalization, Institutions and Economic Development: The Case of India
Chap. 5 Rural and Urban Dynamics and Poverty: Evidence from China and India
Chap. 6 Globalization and the Rural-Urban Divide in Korea: An Examination of the Impacts and Measures to Mitigate Them
Chap. 7 Bridging the Rural-Urban Divide: A New Rural Policy
Chap. 8 Spatial Disparities in Economic Development in the Unites States
Chap. 9 Urban Growth Drivers and Spatial Inequalities: Europe - A Case with Geographically Sticky People
Chap.10 The Dynamics of Plant Productivity and Regional Productivity Growth in Chile
Chap.11 Spatial Inequality and Economic Development in Africa: Neighborhood Effects in a Simultaneous Equations Framework
Chap.12 Distorted Agricultural Incentives and Australian Economic Development