Puebla 2016// Regional Policy in the Republic of Korea: Principles and Experiences

Since the 1960s, the Republic of Korea has achieved a rapid economic growth by supplying industrial complexes and intensive development of a certain number of regions.

Puebla 2016// Patterns of territorial development and inequality from South Africa’s periphery: evidence from the Free State Province

The apartheid state had a direct impact on both territorial development and inequality in South Africa. The demise of apartheid coincided with economic globalisation and the establishment of the postapartheid state, the intention of the latter being to promote development and address inequality.

Puebla 2016// Devolution and territorial development inequalities: The Kenyan experience

Present day Kenya became a British colony at the conclusion of the Berlin Conference of 1884/1885. Initially a company, the Imperial British East African Company, administered the colony on behalf of the British government.

Puebla 2016// The new strategies of territorial approach in Africa

The territorial dimensions of development have long been neglected in Africa. From the period of colonization to the independences, taking into account the spatial dimensions of development has played a minor part in the development of public policies.

Puebla 2016// The need for a paradigm shift towards territorial development in sub-Saharan Africa

Due to the specific characteristics of its integration into the world economy over the last centuries, subSaharan Africa is facing huge spatial imbalances and territorial inequalities. Inherited from the artificial borders shaped by a late European colonization, the political fragmentation of the sub-continent was especially exacerbated by continuing the “rent system” based on the extraction of natural resources.

Puebla 2016// Welcome to Canada: New Demographic and Economic Realities of Increased Migration to Rural Western and Northern Regions

Over 280,000 permanent and another 475,000 temporary foreign workers enter Canada each year. Until very recently, 75% of all migrants located to the three big cities: Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, with the vast majority living in Toronto.

Puebla 2016// Rural Economic Development in Canada with an Emphasis on the Western Canadian Landscape

Canada continues to experience geographic economic disparity between its urban and rural communities, coupled with a contracting rural population base.

Puebla 2016 // Causes and consequences of medium and long term territorial inequalities in a European context, with a focus on rural regions

In this paper I argue that territorial disparities are mainly the consequence of structural and institutional conditions established a long time in the past, sometimes centuries ago.

Puebla 2016 // Challenging inequality at the edge of change: Spatial inequality, equitable development, and urban-rural linkages

In many regions, inequality continues to be strongly defined by the rural-urban divide. Across the world, rural areas tend to suffer from higher rates of poverty and other negative economic and social indicators, compared to urban places.

Igualdad de género para el desarrollo territorial: experiencias y desafíos para América Latina

Facebook Instagram Twitter Youtube Linkedin Autores Valentina Cortínez Resumen: El análisis de las dinámicas territoriales desde un enfoque de género, muestra que las oportunidades de las mujeres de participar en el desarrollo de sus territorios y beneficiarse de aquello no se distribuye de manera homogénea al interior de los países, pues no solo se relaciona […]