Regional inequalities represent an ever present development challenge in most countries especially those with large geographic areas under their jurisdictions. Globalization heightens these challenges as it places a premium on skills. With globalization skills rather than the resource base of regions determine their competitiveness. Skilled workers gain at the expense of unskilled ones. As typi...

economic imbalances and social disparities are a common feature of developmenteconomies, particularly those which have historical antecedents of colonial rule. the study ofregional imbalances is given focus especially to southeast asian countries owing to its renewedimportance in the global order. post independent india had to tackle with several problems at theoutset, regional imbalance and ec...

UK regional policy has been advocated as a means of reducing regional disparities and stimulating national growth. However, there is limited understanding of the interregional and national effects of such a policy. This paper uses an interregional computable general equilibrium model to identify the national impact of a policy-induced regional demand shock under alternative labour market closur...

Immigrants’ Responsiveness to Labor Market Conditions and Its Implications on Regional Disparities: Evidence from Spain Using data from the Spanish Labor Force Survey (Encuesta de Población Activa) from 1999 through 2004, we explore the role of regional employment opportunities in explaining the increasing immigrant flows of recent years despite the limited internal mobility on the part of nati...

INTRODUCTION Major efforts have been made to improve the health care system in Hunan province, China. The aims of this study were to assess whether and to what extent these efforts have impacted on gender and regional disparities of Tuberculosis (TB) incidence in recent years, especially for less developed areas. METHODS We obtained data from the 2005-2009 China Information System for Disease...

The unbalanced development of regional economics in Beijing has induced the ubiquitous regional economic disparities and may affect the sustainable development of economy and social stability. How to alleviate this unbalanced status has been an important issue which the society and government face. As usual, the hold of Olympics Games may boost the economy of host city, however it is not clear ...

BACKGROUND The available data on routine immunization in Nigeria show a disparity in coverage between Northern and Southern Nigeria, with the former performing worse. The effect of socio-cultural differences on health-seeking behaviour has been identified in the literature as the main cause of the disparity. Our study analyses the role of supply-side determinants, particularly access to service...

BACKGROUND Despite advances in the quality and delivery of stroke care, regional disparities in stroke incidence and outcome persist. Spatial analysis using geographic information systems (GIS) can assist in identifying high-risk populations and regional differences in efficacy of stroke care. The aim of this study was to identify and locate geographic clusters of high or low rates of stroke, r...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The Northeast Cerebrovascular Consortium was established to examine regional disparities and recommend strategies to improve stroke care based on the Stroke Systems of Care Model. METHODS An annual summit was first held in 2006, bringing together public health officials, researchers, physicians, nurses, health professionals, state legislators, and advocacy organizations...