Economic geography of Indonesia: location, connectivity, and resources

Twenty papers examine the spatial distribution of economic growth in Asia. Papers discuss regional integration, agglomeration, and income distribution in East Asia; geography of cluster-based industrial development; rural clustering at incipient stages of economic development--hand-weaving clusters in Lao PDR; spatial networks, incentives, and the dynamics of village economies--evidence from Indonesia; the Iskandar Development Region and Singapore; spatial integration and human transformations in the Greater Mekong subregion; rural development and issues in Vietnam--spatial disparities and some recommendations; economic geography of Indonesia--location, connectivity, and resources; spatial considerations on decentralization and economies of concentration in Indonesia; spatial agglomeration, firm productivity, and government policies in Indonesia--concentration and deconcentration in the manufacturing sector; spatial disparities and development policies in the Philippines; spatial disparities in Thailand and government policy; reshaping economic geography in China; the political economy of government policies toward regional inequality in China; China's growth and the balancing of interregional and urban-rural development; industrial agglomeration and economic performance in transitional China; capital allocation, regional specialization, and spillover effects in China; coastal China's urban-rural spatial restructuring under globalization; a history of the Republic of Korea's industrial structural transformation and spatial development; and lessons from experience--reshaping economic geography in East Asia. Index.