Publication: Territorial Development in Argentina: Diagnosing Key Bottlenecks as the First Step Toward Effective Policy
Date
2020
ISSN
Published
2020
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
Argentina’s population and economic
activity is highly concentrated in few places, similar to
global trends. But unlike countries like South Korea, the
concentration of economic activity has not been balanced by
successful efforts to improve living standards across the
country. How can the government reduce development gaps
across the national territory while at the same time
supporting growth opportunities within a context of national
fiscal deficit? Using a territorial development lens that
allows the identification of challenges and opportunities at
the sub-national level, this report provides a framework and
diagnostics to understand Argentina through three dimensions
of scale, specialization, and convergence. Chapter 1
explains the territorial development framework used for the
analysis. Chapter 2 provides an overview of the economic
geography of Argentina and the challenges the country faces
along these three dimensions. Chapter 3 presents a closer
look at two provinces, Salta and Jujuy, and puts them under
the same lens. Chapter 4 summarizes the key messages of the
report, providing benchmarking to compare Argentina to other
countries around the world in scale, specialization, and convergence.
Citation
“World Bank. 2020. Territorial Development in Argentina: Diagnosing Key Bottlenecks as the First Step Toward Effective Policy. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34116 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”