Demography, Urbanization and Development : Rural Push, Urban Pull and ... Urban Push?

Developing countries have urbanized rapidly since 1950. To explain urbanization, standard models emphasize rural-urban migration, focusing on rural push factors (agricultural modernization and rural poverty) and urban pull factors (industrializatio...

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Main Authors: Jedwab, Remi, Christiaensen, Luc, Gindelsky, Marina
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24689971/demography-urbanization-development-rural-push-urban-pull-urban-push
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22214