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Geographic character of lagging area population (%)

Country

MENA13

Sparse

Dense

2 9

9 80

Far from major cities Close to major cities

Sparse 6j 5j

Dense 33 j 56 j

Iraq: Spatial Concentration of Economic Activity

Source: G-Econ project, Yale, 2010.

Iraq: Lagging Area Typology

Sources: Elevation, SRTM30 (2000); land cover, GLC2000 (2000); population, Landscan (2005); rail, VMAP0 (1997); rivers, CIA World Data Bank II (1980s); roads, Euro-med (2000) and VMAP0 (1997); slope, in degrees, SRTM30 (2000); urban areas, GPW3-GRUMP (2000); water bodies, Global Lakes and Wetlands Database layer 1 (2004).


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