Is Geography Destiny?
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"...It is a very illustrative example of how geography is being reincorporated into other fields of investigation, and geographers should be aware of the ways in which this is being accomplished."--Progress in Human Geography "Latin America presents us with two fascinating natural experiments on how geography influences economic development. The 'outer experiment' compares different countries, while the 'inner experiment' compares different zones within the same country. This book's account of all these comparisons will appeal to anyone interested in economic development in general, and in…mehr

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"...It is a very illustrative example of how geography is being reincorporated into other fields of investigation, and geographers should be aware of the ways in which this is being accomplished."--Progress in Human Geography "Latin America presents us with two fascinating natural experiments on how geography influences economic development. The 'outer experiment' compares different countries, while the 'inner experiment' compares different zones within the same country. This book's account of all these comparisons will appeal to anyone interested in economic development in general, and in Latin America in particular." --Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel
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Autorenporträt
John Luke Gallup is an economic consultant and former Research Fellow at the Center for International Development at Harvard University. Alejandro Gaviria is the Deputy Director of the National Planning Department of Colombia. Eduardo Lora is the Principal Advisor of the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank.