Geography and economic development
Geography and economic development
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DOI：
10.1177/016001799761012334
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发表时间：
1999-08-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Mellinger, AD
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作者：
Gallup, JL;Sachs, JD;Mellinger, AD
地理位置和气候通过影响运输成本、疾病负担和农业生产力等渠道，对收入水平和收入增长产生重大影响。地理位置似乎也影响经济政策的选择。许多不利于现代经济增长的地理区域人口密度很高，而且正在经历人口的迅速增长。处于特别不利地位的是远离港口和可通航河流的地区，这些地区的国际贸易运输费用很高，热带地区的疾病负担很重。此外，未来30年的人口增长预计将有很大一部分发生在这些地理条件不利的地区。
Location and climate have large effects on income levels and income growth through their effects on transport costs, disease burdens, and agricultural productivity, among other channels. Geography also seems to affect economic policy choices. Many geographic regions that have not been conductive to modern economic growth have high population densities and are experiencing rapid increases in population. At particular disadvantage are regions located far from ceases and ocean-navigable rivers, for which the transport costs of international trade are high, and tropical regions, which bear a heavy burden of disease. Moreover; a large portion of population growth over the next thirty years is expected to occur in these geographically disadvantaged regions.