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.
Internal migration and the role of the place of origin
This paper investigates empirically the emigration decision of first-time internal migrants in Mexico for the period between 2002 and 2005, and focuses on the role of the characteristic of the place of origin in the decision to emigrate, controlling for initial individual characteristics of internal migrants.
Discriminación y exclusión: tendencias en las brechas étnicas de ingresos urbanos y rurales en Chile
En este trabajo se busca estudiar la brecha étnica de ingresos en Chile para el
periodo 1996-2013 y determinar cuánto de esta brecha puede deberse a discriminación, entendida
como una subvaloración de las características de los indígenas respecto a los no indígenas, y cuánto
al hecho de que los indígenas son excluidos al no tener representación en ciertas características
relevantes para el mercado laboral. Para esto se utiliza la técnica de descomposición no-paramétrica
de la brecha (Ñopo, 2008). Este método permite medir el componente discriminatorio al hacer un
matching entre individuos de distinta etnia pero similares en cuanto a características personales y
laborales. Además, permite calcular la distribución de la brecha y sus componentes a lo largo de
distintos subgrupos