Nepal has been experiencing a permanent rural-to-rural migration of households from the central hill zone to the Terai region. Migrant households, due to the structure of the Terai economy, are impelled to acquire control of land for subsistence agriculture by squatting, purchasing, or receiving...

The literature on regional change in post-reform China suggests a consistent pattern of increasing regional disparity during 1990s. This article explains disparity through the lens of industrial transition as reflected in the three major economic sectors, agriculture, manufacturing, and services...

New economic geography has become a mantra for many economists, geographers, and regional scientists. Many recent studies have tested the importance of economic geography for production activities and found a significant association between them. Most of these studies, however, have not taken...