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Urban Labour Productivity and Regional Development Strategies

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  • L H Wang

    (Department of Geography, Nanyang University, Singapore 2263)

  • S L Wong

    (Toa Payoh Library, Singapore 1231)

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This paper, using the manufacturing industry of Peninsular Malaysia as a case study, reveals that the common assertion of a positive relationship between labour productivity and urban size may have exceptions, particularly in developing economies. Attempts are made to explain such a discrepancy and to examine the problem of regional development strategies and spatial underdevelopment in a Third World context. It is argued that a more careful approach to the conceptualization of spatial structure and processes is needed if it is to contribute to the formation of a regional development theory from which appropriate regional development strategies can be derived.

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  • L H Wang & S L Wong, 1980. "Urban Labour Productivity and Regional Development Strategies," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 12(4), pages 449-461, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:12:y:1980:i:4:p:449-461
    DOI: 10.1068/a120449
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