Eurasian Cities: Rethinking Cities Along the Silk Road (Eastern Europe and Central Asia Reports) - Softcover

Coulibaly, Souleymane; Deichmann, Uwe; Dillinger, William R.; Ionescu-Heroiu, Marcel; Kessides, Ioannis N.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0821395815 ISBN 13: 9780821395813

Publisher: World Bank Publications, 2012

Synopsis

Faced with changing economic circumstances and a reorientation of trade toward Europe and Asia, will Eurasia's cities be able to adjust? Will some cities be granted the flexible regulations and supportive policies necessary for growth? And will some others be allowed to dwindle with policies put in place to assist their people in finding prosperity elsewhere in the region?

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About the Author

Souleymane Coulibaly is from Cote d'Ivoire, and is currently the World Bank’s Senior Country Economist for Armenia, and the Europe and Central Asia regional trade coordinator. He joined the Bank in 2006 through the Young Professional Program and has worked since then as an economist in Central Asia and South Caucasus. He was one of the principal authors of the World Development Report 2009 Reshaping Economic Geography His publications and ongoing research deal with fiscal consolidation, the impact of geography on firms’ location, trade flows and regional integration. Prior to joining the Bank, he was a lecturer at the Ecole Nationale Superieure de Statistiques et d’Economie Appliquée (ENSEA) of Abidjan, teaching assistant at the University of Lausanne, and economist at the Economic and International Relations department of NESTLE in Vevey, Switzerland. He holds a double Ph.D. in International Trade and Economic Geography from the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne (France) and the University of Lausanne (Switzerland).

Uwe Deichmann is an economic geographer in the World Bank’s Development Research Group where he also coordinates its Spatial Analysis Team. His research interests are in the geographic aspects of development. His recent work has included issues of housing and urban development, the role of infrastructure in promoting regional growth, and the impacts of natural hazards and global change on economic development. He has been a principal author of the World Development Report 2009 Reshaping Economic Geography. Prior to joining the World Bank he worked for the UN Environment Program and the UN Statistics Division. He holds a Ph.D. in Economic Geography and Regional Science from the University of California at Santa Barbara, USA

Edition details

• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0821395815
• ISBN 13: 9780821395813
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280