Urbanization and Poverty Reduction : The Role of Rural Diversification and Secondary Towns

A rather unique panel tracking more than 3,300 individuals from households in rural Kagera, Tanzania during 1991/4-2010 shows that about one in two individuals/households who exited poverty did so by transitioning from agriculture into the rural no...

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Main Authors: Christiaensen, Luc, De Weerdt, Joachim, Todo, Yasuyuki
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
HIV
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17620730/urbanization-poverty-reduction-role-rural-diversification-secondary-towns
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15562