人力资本投资与地区经济协调发展

人力资本投资在地区经济协调发展中的作用在于:影响经济增长速度,进而影响地区差距;影响地区竞争优势,进而影响地区分工格局;影响落后地区贫困人口的脱贫及经济增长方式,从而影响社会的稳定和谐和可持续发展的实现。从人力资本投入总量及条件等方面看,东中西部人力资本投资情况存在较大差异,它影响了地区经济的协调发展。必须注重全局,制订人力资本投资规划;在强化区域投资中向人力资本投资倾斜;整合落后地区教育资源,加大中西部地区基础教育的投入,开放教育市场,引进外部资金,增强中西部地区人力资本积累能力;增加农村公共卫生特别是中西部农村的公共卫生投入,全面提升落后地区人力资本质量,促进地区经济协调发展。     

分权与旅游治理:基于欠发达地区的实证分析

许多发展中国家实行高度的中央集权,学界对国家政治体制的集权化及其作用已经进行许多有益的探讨,但是对分权的利弊及存在问题却没有深入涉及。本文首先回顾区域治理中的分权理论,提出了一个权力配置、分权控制及其政治规范性的区域治理分析框架,用于描述国家权力在旅游治理中的运行机制,以北部湾旅游发展的实践为例,通过考察中央政府和地方政府、地方企业以及非政府组织在权力治理网络中成长态势,评估广西地方政府在区域旅游治理中的效力,研究发现地方政府在参与决策制定方面仍面临种种困难。     

东南亚华人地域认同的历史和未来

东南亚华人的地域认同,是华人研究的课题之一.按照其历史形态的演化过程,可以从心理地理空间认同、政治地理空间认同和跨国社会地理空间认同这个三重性维度进行考察.     

欧盟区域经济一体化的投资效应研究

区域经济一体化是当今世界经济发展的一个重要特征,一体化发展的程度和范围正日益突破仅以贸易自由化为主的浅度一体化,向包括投资政策等更广泛政策的深度一体化发展。区域经济一体化发展对区域内国际直接投资(FDI)的流入是否产生了预期的促进效应,这种效应的发生又与哪些因素密切相关?从跨国公司的投资动机出发,对欧盟1996-2006年面板数据的分析发现,区域经济一体化发展对FDI流入有显著促进作用,成员国的经济发展水平、服务业发展水平等经济初始禀赋条件对投资效应有显著影响。我国在制定参与区域经济合作的相关措施时可以从中得到一些有益的启示。     

区域就业差异的泰尔指数测度

通过泰尔指数测算了实施西部大开发以来区域间就业差异,通过测算发现,区域就业总差异主要是由区间差异造成的,区间差异对区域就业总差异的贡献为56．6％,三大地区就业总差异的下降也主要是由于区间差异下降引起的。     

地方利益、区域经济一体化合作与福祉

地方利益包括地方政府官员的利益与地方公利,其中,地方政府官员利益居于核心层并发挥基础性、关键性作用.地方政府官员的利益又包括物质利益与非物质利益,非物质利益中的政治利益至关重要.地方利益引致地方政府行为变异,导致区域经济不合作,进而造成福祉损失.只有从地方利益入手,准确清晰地界定并规范和约束地方利益,并进行相应的制度创新,才能真正推动我国区域经济一体化合作,增进福祉.     

Profile of the Present Slovak Society and its Regional Differences

The article is the first attempt in assessment of the development and the present situation of social structure and stratification in Slovakia. Its principal aim is to develop the profile of the present society in Slovakia, which reflects the pace and complexity of the transformation process and its impact on society. Processing of Micro census data from 2003 led to creation of the profile of society in Slovakia at the national level based on income distribution but also knowledge on regional societies and differences between them were obtained. It was found out that the present profile of the society in Slovakia is pear-shaped which means strong representation of lower strata and weaker representation of higher middle and high strata. The profile disclosed some specific features and inconsistencies in the present society of Slovakia, which were, and still are determined by many non standard past and present phenomena and processes often disguised by reforms. The information drawn in regions has facilitated identification of the basic nature and structure of regional societies, some of their specific features and negative elements and to demonstrate their highly differentiated character.

New cultural economies of marginality: revisiting the West Coast,South Island,New Zealand

Marginal regions have been the subject of political concern and remedial action in western states for several decades now. The West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand is an interesting case study in this regard, for recent economic growth has confounded earlier expectations of post-restructuring decline, while also contradicting several of the nostrums of new regionalism. In an effort to understand this trajectory, this paper draws on documents from public and private sector organisations, newspaper articles and field visits to examine developments in four key sectors of the West Coast's economy: mining, dairy farming, forestry and tourism. Economic growth is found to be closely linked to the cultivation of new markets for primary products, but efforts to rework the cultural dimensions of marginality have also been important. Value has been added to specific products through the insertion of references to the region's alpine and forested landscapes. Isolation and peripherality have been recast in more positive terms, echoing the broader reframing of New Zealand as a scenic, unspoiled destination. In adopting a cultural economic perspective on marginal regions, the paper illustrates the significance of symbolic forms of value, the potentially flexible nature of marginality as a discursive category, and the importance of the networks which connect regions to national and international flows of capital and tourists.     

中国人口老龄化的地区差异分析

本文基于1990—2013年省际面板数据,以老年人口比重作为老龄化指标,采用基尼系数分解方法和Kernel密度估计方法,实证分析了中国人口老龄化的地区差异及其动态演进过程。研究结果表明：中国人口老龄化在地区分布上呈现出明显的非均衡特征;基尼系数测算及其分解结果表明,人口老龄化的地区差异总体上呈现波动缩小趋势;2004年以前,地区间差距和超变密度交替成为总体地区差异的主要来源,2004年以后,超变密度成为总体差异的主要来源。 Kernel密度估计显示,老龄化程度不断加深,地区差异呈波动趋势。     

Reading Polanyi in Erbil: understanding socio-political factors in the development of Iraqi Kurdistan

ABSTRACT

The Kurdistan Regional Government emerges out of the chaos of post-Saddam Iraq as a rare positive, providing both political stability and economic growth. However, the outward display masks a more complex domestic settlement where the trappings of the free market coexist with political parties who are significant economic actors. How can this model of development in Iraqi Kurdistan be explained? Turning to the writings of political economist Karl Polanyi, does his thinking on relations between society and economy offer a way to unpack the development? And what does this analysis tell us of prospects for Iraqi Kurdistan?