Urbanization without Growth : A Not-So-Uncommon Phenomenon

To find out why African countries' experience with urbanization and sustained growth appeared to differ from that of other countries, the authors investigated the determinants of urbanization across countries over 40 years. Rather than studying individuals' decisions to migrate, they relie...

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Main Authors:	Fay, Marianne, Opal, Charlotte
Format:	Publications & Research
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	agglomeration economies central governments cities civil liberties civil unrest civil war country comparisons crime democracy democratic regimes economic conditions economic development economic growth economic incentives employment environmental degradation equalization expenditures growth performance growth rate health services housing housing finance income income growth income level large cities laws liberties low income countries migration national economy neighborhood per capita income political conditions political rights population density productivity public expenditures public investment public policy resource allocation roads rural banks rural dwellers rural population sanitation schools slums social conditions structural adjustment tax revenues towns trade unions transaction costs transport urban urban area urban areas urban bias urban centers urban development urban dwellers urban economics urban growth urban infrastructure urban poor urban population urbanization urbanization process wages income levels education rural-urban differentials wage differentiation informal sector
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21373

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