tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58708325537907094812023-11-15T13:01:26.467+00:00Urban and Regional StudiesInformation about urban and regional studies, economic geography, and related issues.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870832553790709481.post-49842713970375541702013-11-21T09:36:00.001+00:002013-11-21T09:36:32.479+00:00Advice for early careersAdvice on academic cover letters:<br />
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<a href="http://chronicle.com/article/The-Basics-of-Cover-Letter-/46259/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://chronicle.com/article/The-Basics-of-Cover-Letter-/46259/</span></a><br />
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Also, check this Website for several interesting links: <br />
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<a href="http://cgi.stanford.edu/~dept-ctl/cgi-bin/tomprof/postings.php">http://cgi.stanford.edu/~dept-ctl/cgi-bin/tomprof/postings.php</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870832553790709481.post-24042645445338022862013-10-07T16:21:00.003+01:002013-10-07T16:22:47.828+01:00Inequality and creativity in New York<em>"The city is a body and a mind – a physical structure as well as a repository of ideas and information. Knowledge and creativity are resources. If the physical (and financial) parts are functional, then the flow of ideas, creativity and information are facilitated. The city is a fountain that never stops: it generates its energy from the human interactions that take place in it. Unfortunately, we're getting to a point where many of New York's citizens have been excluded from this equation for too long. The physical part of our city – the body – has been improved immeasurably. I'm a huge supporter of the bike lanes and the bikeshare program, the new public plazas, the waterfront parks and the functional public transportation system. But the cultural part of the city – the mind – has been usurped by the top 1%."</em><br />
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Article by David Byrne, which can be found <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/07/new-york-1percent-stifles-creative-talent?commentpage=1" target="_blank">here</a>. If you are wondering who is David Byrne, he was the front-man for the Talking Heads: <br />
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/10/02/us/uninsured-americans-map.html" target="_blank">Where Poor and Uninsured Americans Live</a> : In relation to the current debate on healthcare. <br />
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<a href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/09/how-design-city-women/6739/" target="_blank">How to Design a City for Women</a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870832553790709481.post-63729221037291522672013-10-01T14:36:00.002+01:002013-10-01T15:49:39.226+01:00The return of manufacturingThe return of manufacturing to developed countries (sometimes called reshoring) has been on the agenda for a while, particularly in countries such as the US that deindustrialised much faster than for example Germany. Yesterday Krugman wrote a couple of posts (<a href="http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/30/a-sew-sew-labor-market/?_r=0" target="_blank">first</a> and <a href="http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/30/should-slowing-trade-growth-worry-us/" target="_blank">second</a>) on this issue inspired by an article on the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/30/business/a-wave-of-sewing-jobs-as-orders-pile-up-at-us-factories.html?_r=0&hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1380632402-WdfCcU/93w444+xaKZw0Rg" target="_blank">NY Times</a>. Previously the same newspaper had published <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/20/business/us-textile-factories-return.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130920&_r=0" target="_blank">another article</a> on this topic, supported by a short video (see below). To read a more extensive treatment of this issue check for example <a href="http://www.compete.org/publications/detail/2064/make/" target="_blank">this report</a> published in 2011 by the Council on Competitiveness, or <a href="http://aap.cornell.edu/crp/people/Christopherson-Riding-Manufacturing-Wave-2011.pdf" target="_blank">this article</a> by Susan Christopherson. <br />
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The basic storyline is that as fuel costs rise and automation increases, wages represent a smaller share of final production costs, which justifies bringing production facilities closer to final consumers. We can probably add to this the impact of rising wages, particularly in China, potentially some agglomeration diseconomies in developing nations or maybe even the fear of further backlash from stories that expose terrible working conditions and exploitation in (usually) poorer countries. <br />
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This is somewhat good news for workers in the USA, particularly those with low and medium skills that used to benefit the most from the existence of a strong manufacturing sector. It is also likely to have important multiplier effects, not only through the jobs it creates but also because a larger part of the production network is now located in one country. Also, manufacturing is particularly strong in the sort of incremental innovation that usually sustains long-term competitiveness. The obvious problem is that, as pointed out in the NY Times articles, the jobs created are a fraction of those that would be necessary even a few years ago, to achieve the same level of production. Also importantly, this is likely to lead to slower job growth in developing nations, where jobs are badly needed. <br />
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Nonetheless this might signify the reversal of previous global trends, very well documented in the book <a href="http://books.google.de/books/about/Global_Shift.html?id=hbQQvgsCkckC&redir_esc=y" target="_blank">Global Shift</a>, with slower growth in international trade as a result of the re-concentration of production networks. Time to do some research!<br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" height="373" id="nyt_video_player" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/bcvideo/1.0/iframe/embed.html?videoId=100000002318557&playerType=embed" title="New York Times Video - Embed Player" width="480"></iframe><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870832553790709481.post-19351926365356180822013-10-01T13:54:00.001+01:002013-10-01T15:50:03.449+01:00How to publish in newspapers?If you've ever thought about publishing an opinion piece in a newspaper (rather than an academic journal) <a href="http://getalifephd.blogspot.de/2013/09/how-to-submit-oped-to-major-newspaper.html" target="_blank">this post</a> has some very good suggestions. Good luck!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870832553790709481.post-35862518547377927522013-10-01T13:51:00.001+01:002013-10-01T13:51:29.801+01:00Jobs in AmericaInteresting<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324576304579072773954985630.html" target="_blank"> op-ed on the Wall Street Journal</a> by Enrico Moretti about job creation in the US and the different multiplier effects of booming sectors. <br />
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<em>"The American labor market is recovering from a painful recession. But the
recovery is geographically uneven. While some parts of the country are booming,
others are still stuck in a deep recession. Two groups of localities have been
doing particularly well over the past two years. Both are supported by
fast-paced technological progress, but one has by far the bigger jobs-multiplier
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<em>The first group includes cities endowed with a large number of highly
educated workers and innovative employers—places like San Jose, Calif.; Seattle;
Austin, Texas; Raleigh, N.C.; Washington, D.C., and Minneapolis. The recession
had less impact on these areas, and job growth has been brisk since the recovery
began, thanks to sectors like the Internet, software, digital entertainment and
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<em>The second booming-economy group includes areas endowed with oil and
gas—Oklahoma, parts of Texas, New Mexico and Colorado. Here too the labor market
is thriving thanks to technological innovation such as fracking, horizontal
drilling and computer-based seismic imaging. The most striking example is
western North Dakota. Like San Francisco, this area is becoming a magnet for
workers attracted by raising wages and seemingly insatiable labor demand.</em><br />
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<em>Despite some current similarities, these two groups offer vastly different
models of economic development and their fortunes are likely to diverge in the
long run."</em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870832553790709481.post-64123490792080640802013-10-01T13:28:00.001+01:002013-10-01T15:50:51.113+01:00Stay updated on new publicationsStaying updated on new publications can sometimes be a big challenge. Particularly considering the growing number of journals and articles from different parts of the world, which is in itself a very positive thing, it is difficult to know exactly who is publishing what, where and when. There are different ways of addressing this problem. For example, I receive several email alerts from major journals that let me know when they have new articles. This is however not a perfect system, because I might be missing on great articles being published elsewhere. <br />
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A very interesting solution is the <a href="http://lists.repec.org/mailman/listinfo/nep-geo">nep-geo mailing list</a>, managed by <a href="http://www.iaw.edu/iaw/En:Team:Andreas_Koch" target="_blank">Andreas Koch</a>, that regularly sends out a list of working papers in economic geography. It has the additional benefit that these are working papers and are therefore accessible free of charge. All you have to do is go to the link above and submit your email address. There is also the <a href="http://lists.repec.org/mailman/listinfo/nep-ure" target="_blank">nep-ure mailing list</a>, specialised in Urban and Real Estate Economics.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870832553790709481.post-90402597910507983862013-10-01T13:12:00.005+01:002013-10-01T15:48:07.562+01:00JobThe University at Bufallo SUNY is hiring an Economic Geographer. More Information <a href="http://www.geog.buffalo.edu/">here</a>. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870832553790709481.post-27556761927059994422010-06-11T11:15:00.002+01:002013-10-08T09:59:04.559+01:00Policy LinkAnother interesting project by the Orlando, CA based community action group Policy Link. They asked a number of people what did they promise to do for their neighbourhood. The result can be seen <a href="http://www.promiseneighborhoodsinstitute.org/ipromise/?msource=ipromise">in this video</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870832553790709481.post-19747917073906814992010-06-09T23:49:00.003+01:002013-10-08T09:59:04.550+01:00On equityI'd like to highlight a couple of websites focusing on equality, although at least one of them isn't new. <a href="http://www.equalitytrust.org.uk/">The Equality Trust </a>was created in 2008, after Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett secured a deal to publish the book "<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0141032367?ie=UTF8&tag=theequtru-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=0141032367">The Spirit Level: Why Equality Is Better For Everyone'>The Spirit Level: Why more equal societies almost always do better</a>". The aim of the trust is to bring to the public knowledge about the 'social illnesses' caused by inequality and help develop the political will to tackle this issue.<br /><br />The second one, called <a href="http://www.demandequitynow.org/site/c.rkI4KfMQIrF/b.5708383/k.BE4A/Home.htm">Demand Equity Now</a>, was created by <a href="http://www.policylink.org/">Policy Link</a>, a very innovative and engaged think-thank / community organisation based in Oakland, California (a post-industrial city located near Berkeley). It is a platform to coordinate the efforts of advocates for a more equal world.<br /><br />Both are very interesting for people who would like to be more active in this field, while being also a good source of information.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870832553790709481.post-63674130854083500392010-06-02T21:06:00.001+01:002013-10-08T09:59:04.624+01:00Map of the BP oil spill<a href="http://www.ifitwasmyhome.com/#loc=Pointe%20au%20Baril%2C%20ON%2C%20Canada&lat=45.566667&lng=-80.5&x=-80.5&y=45.566667&z=7">In this link </a>you can visualise the spread of oil along the US coast, and also get more information about what is happening.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870832553790709481.post-5073527845580285382010-06-02T11:03:00.007+01:002013-10-08T09:59:04.586+01:00Some interesting articlesI'd like to suggest a few interesting articles. <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/05/gentrification-and-its-discontents/8092/">This one</a>, published in The Atlantic (where else?), discusses the constant longing for the authentic city that probably never existed. It focuses on New York, but a similar argument could be made for almost any other place where people constantly speak about a supposed magnificient past in contrast to the seemingly decadent present.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2010/01/for-richer-for-poorer/">This one</a>, written by the Stanford economist <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/~promer/">Paul Romer</a>, suggests that better than giving aid to poorer nations, rich countries should unite to build better cities for them. His argument is that since most of the developing world's population will move into cities over the next decades, the best way to increase their living standards is to invest in the quality of the urban infrastructure.<br /><br />On a different note, <a href="http://www.worldhum.com/features/travel-books/charles-dickens-the-first-great-travel-writer-20100330/">this article </a>reviews a new compilation of Charles Dickens' travel writing. Travel writing was to a great extent where Geography as a discipline started, as explorers and others went around the world describing the different cultures that they found. Charles Dickens was particularly good at this, because as the author of this review points out: "Travel is not that interesting. People are. Stories come alive only when there are people in them."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870832553790709481.post-71271221705502504832010-05-20T15:21:00.003+01:002013-10-08T09:59:04.631+01:00Local and regional government in the UKThe new UK Government <a href="http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/groups/dg_digitalassets/@dg/@en/documents/digitalasset/dg_187876.pdf">has published its program </a>today and there are several references to the future of local and regional government. Under the heading 'Business' it is said that Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) will be replaced by Local Enterprise Partnerships. Further down, under 'Communities and Local Government' the new powers of local government and communities are established.<br /><br />It is to a great extent what the Conservative party had been announing it would do all along, so there aren't really a lot of surprises. One of the big questions however was what was going to happen to the RDAs in places such as the North East. I don't think this document really clarifies much, although it does mention that the Partnerships "may take the form of the existing RDAs in areas where they are popular." We'll have to wait for more details.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870832553790709481.post-53652969127508137502010-05-19T12:39:00.002+01:002013-10-08T09:59:04.589+01:00The AtlanticThe magazine <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/">The Atlantic </a>has <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/special-report/the-future-of-the-city/">a section</a> devoted entirely to the future of cities. I find <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/special-report/the-future-of-the-city/archives">this</a> particularly interesting: it's a collection of stories about cities that were published in the magazine over the last 150 years. Take for example <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/special-report/the-future-of-the-city/archive/2010/05/new-york-after-paris/56572/">a story </a>published in 1906 wondering if New York would ever compare to Paris!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870832553790709481.post-88937836706213410372010-05-19T09:39:00.003+01:002013-10-08T09:59:04.656+01:00Ranking of European citiesIn <a href="http://www.newgeography.com/">New Geography </a>among many interesting articles I found <a href="http://www.newgeography.com/content/001554-city-rankings-an-alternative-view">this unscientific and completely subjective ranking of European cities</a>. It is nevertheless a fun read. It's just a pitty (for personal reasons obviously) that Lisbon wasn't included...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870832553790709481.post-81852656457425446102010-05-06T09:44:00.006+01:002013-10-08T09:59:04.648+01:00Florida debunked<div align="left">I often link in this blog to articles by Richard Florida, even though I disagree with his style of pop economic geography, and his simplistic assumptions about economic development. So as a counter argument I would suggest two articles published in mainstream outlets (i.e. not scientific journals) that debunk Florida's work. The first is a few month's old but very interesting. It was published in the American Prospect in January, although I ounly found it today, and it reflects on how the cities that took his advice are still waiting for a turning point. You can read it <a href="http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_ruse_of_the_creative_class">here.</a> There is one paragraph that I find particularly funny, as a former manager of Richard Florida talks about his 'rock star' tours after publishing <em>The Rise of the Creative Class</em>:<br /><br /><em>"There was a tremendous money-generating aspect to Richard's work," Frantz says. "We did it in a grand way. We traveled in style. We stayed in boutique hotels in most of the places we were working." But it is wrong, he says, to see any conflict in Florida's dire pronouncements on the places that bankrolled this success, because he hadn't promised prosperity in the first place. "He wasn't really making prescriptions," Frantz says. "This wasn't Jesus Christ throwing the money men out of the temple; this was an academic. He was a fucking college professor, and you're hoping to resurrect Canton, Ohio? Yeah, good luck with that."</em></div><div align="left"><em></em></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><br /><br />The second was published in a magazine called Fast Company. It's a review of his most recent book <em>The Great Reset.</em> Equally very well written, by someone that is clearly familiar with some of the academic debates. It's available <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/1637457/richard-floridas-creative-destruction">here</a>.</div><div align="left"><em></em></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870832553790709481.post-42092454277074026722010-04-28T10:04:00.003+01:002013-10-08T09:59:04.575+01:00Two articlesEdward Glaeser <a href="http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/cities-do-it-better/?src=busln">explains in simple terms</a> the synergies between dense, diverse cities and dynamic labour markets.<br /><br />Richard Florida <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2010/04/america-needs-to-get-over-its-house-passion/39543/">discusses spatial variations within the USA in terms of homeownserhip</a>. This is a debate that matters in other countries as well, such as the UK. A very interesting fact is cited right at the beggining: "Yale University's <a href="http://www.econ.yale.edu/~shiller/" mce_href="http://www.econ.yale.edu/~shiller/">Robert Shiller</a>, the world's leading student of bubbles, housing, and otherwise, <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/09/real_estate/shiller.moneymag/index.htm" mce_href="http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/09/real_estate/shiller.moneymag/index.htm">found</a> that from "1890 to 1990, the rate of return on residential real estate was just about zero after inflation." Makes you think twice about buying a house!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870832553790709481.post-72807701585571731032010-04-28T10:01:00.003+01:002013-10-08T09:59:04.635+01:00Spending cuts in the UKKatie Schmueker from the IPPR North reflects <a href="http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2010/04/economic-geography-lessons-by-katie-schmuecker/">in this article</a> on the regional targeting of public spending cuts in the UK. According to David Cameron, the Conservative leader, the public sector is too large in areas such as Northern Ireland or the North East of England. However Katie argues that if we look instead at public spending per capita London is ahead of all other regions!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870832553790709481.post-49388010428833532812010-04-27T09:28:00.003+01:002013-10-08T09:59:04.584+01:00Fragmented local government in the USBruce Katz, of the <a href="http://www.brookings.edu/">Brookings Institution</a>, has <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303695604575182040939996422.html?mod=WSJ_LifeStyle_Lifestyle_11">a very interesting piece</a> on the Wall Street Journal about the costs of fragmentation in local government. This is an old discussion that has emerged over the years. Planners and Geographers tend to favour a more rational organisation of local government, with a view to making them more efficient in delivering services and managing local and regional economies. However a different version, supported by the notion popularised by Charles Tiebout that citizens vote with their feet, is that fragmented local authorities have the effect of increasing competition between constituencies and therefore promoting greater fiscal responsibility and better local government.<br /><br />Bruce Katz clearly supports the former and he provides a solid body of evidence as to why it is the best option. His approach of justifying it first as something that makes sense from an economic point of view is probably a good way to convince people that would otherwise not care much if he mainly refered to better governance. The key issue now is whether the Obama's administration emphasis on urban policy will provide the necessary support to introduce sweeping reform. I wouldn't be surprised if reforming local government would lead to as much or even more anger and political opposition than the Health Care bill.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870832553790709481.post-14623061240922879122010-04-27T09:16:00.004+01:002013-10-08T09:59:04.547+01:00BRICs and the new global economic geography<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pepe-escobar/the-bric-bossa-nova_b_539767.html">This article </a>from the Huffington Post talks about the emergence of a new global economic geography as a result of the growing importance of the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China). It is not the most accurate piece, since the article recognizes that these countries have different interests, while at the sime time predicting that they will become the next global, rival superpower. It is difficult to conceive how 4 different countries, located in different regions of the world, with different political cultures and with deep rooted suspicions of each other can ever become a superpower. The EU is composed of countries that in theory are closer to each other culturally and is yet to become a strong political entity, particularly in matters of foreign policy. It is nevertheless a topic to bear in mind in the future.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870832553790709481.post-32930732487827809372010-04-27T09:07:00.002+01:002013-10-08T09:59:04.566+01:00KrugmanPaul Krugman addressed the Association of American Geographers two weeks ago to reflect on the last 20 years of the New Economic Geography (or Geographical Economics, if you prefer). The paper on which his presentation was based is available online <a href="http://www.princeton.edu/~pkrugman/aag.pdf">here</a>.<br /><br />For those who didn't attend his presentation it's a good read as it tackles the issue of Economics vs. Geography, with Krugman providing a sensible analysis of the limitations of both disciplines.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870832553790709481.post-20903187006052986622010-04-12T15:48:00.002+01:002013-10-08T09:59:04.552+01:00New GeographyI should have probably noticed this magazine earlier, but it has only come to my attention now.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.newgeography.com/">New Geography </a>is an excellent source of information for people interested in urban and regional studies. Definitely worth bookmarking!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870832553790709481.post-4900135561936988242010-04-07T16:45:00.002+01:002013-10-08T09:59:04.582+01:00Wal Mart's growthYou can see <a href="http://projects.flowingdata.com/walmart/">here</a> an amazing visual representation of Wal Mart's growth in the USA. It is part of a website called <a href="http://flowingdata.com/">Flowing Data</a>, where you can find many more examples of data visualisation. It is definitely an excellent resource for anyone working with GIS.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870832553790709481.post-87481752606224281592010-04-06T14:43:00.002+01:002013-10-08T09:59:04.653+01:00A case for the return of geography<a href="http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Opinion/Columns/5549474-184/story.csp">An article </a>on Geography's contribution to the expansion of knowledge by a Nigerian professor.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870832553790709481.post-78932029859078111592010-03-31T11:06:00.002+01:002013-10-08T09:59:04.644+01:00IMF seeking adviceThe International Monetary Fund is rethinking its role in a is a post-crisis world and is seeking advice from Governments, civil society and academics. You can read more about it <a href="http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2010/POL022610A.htm">here</a>.<br /><br />The type of advice that they want is very specialised, so probably many Economic Geographers will not have the expertise that they are after. Nevertheless this is an opportunity to engage with a much berated institution, provided they are really listening.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com