For India's Rural Poor, Growing Towns Matter More than Growing Cities
It is theoretically ambiguous whether growth of cities matters more to the rural poor than growth of towns. This paper empirically examines whether growth of India's secondary towns or big cities mattered more to recent rural poverty reduction...
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okr-10986-262442021-06-08T14:42:48Z For India's Rural Poor, Growing Towns Matter More than Growing Cities Gibson, John Datt, Gaurav Murgai, Rinku Ravallion, Martin cities towns rural poverty luminosity spatial economics spatial Durban model It is theoretically ambiguous whether growth of cities matters more to the rural poor than growth of towns. This paper empirically examines whether growth of India's secondary towns or big cities mattered more to recent rural poverty reduction, noting that data deficiencies have made this a difficult question to answer previously. Satellite observations of night lights are used to measure urban growth on the extensive and intensive margins in the context of a spatial Durbin fixed-effects model of poverty measures for rural India, calibrated to a panel of 59 regions observed four times over 1993-2012. The expansion of lit area had greater effect on the rural poverty measures than did intensive margin growth in the brightness of light from urban areas. For India's current stage of development, growth of secondary towns may do more to reduce rural poverty than big city growth, although the theoretical model suggests that cities may eventually take over from towns as the drivers of rural poverty reduction. 2017-03-08T21:25:31Z 2017-03-08T21:25:31Z 2017-03 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/903311488807371325/For-Indias-rural-poor-growing-towns-matter-more-than-growing-cities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26244 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7994 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia India |
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It is theoretically ambiguous whether
growth of cities matters more to the rural poor than growth
of towns. This paper empirically examines whether growth of
India's secondary towns or big cities mattered more to
recent rural poverty reduction, noting that data
deficiencies have made this a difficult question to answer
previously. Satellite observations of night lights are used
to measure urban growth on the extensive and intensive
margins in the context of a spatial Durbin fixed-effects
model of poverty measures for rural India, calibrated to a
panel of 59 regions observed four times over 1993-2012. The
expansion of lit area had greater effect on the rural
poverty measures than did intensive margin growth in the
brightness of light from urban areas. For India's
current stage of development, growth of secondary towns may
do more to reduce rural poverty than big city growth,
although the theoretical model suggests that cities may
eventually take over from towns as the drivers of rural
poverty reduction. |
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Working Paper |
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Gibson, John Datt, Gaurav Murgai, Rinku Ravallion, Martin |
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Gibson, John Datt, Gaurav Murgai, Rinku Ravallion, Martin |
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Gibson, John |
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For India's Rural Poor, Growing Towns Matter More than Growing Cities |
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For India's Rural Poor, Growing Towns Matter More than Growing Cities |
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For India's Rural Poor, Growing Towns Matter More than Growing Cities |
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For India's Rural Poor, Growing Towns Matter More than Growing Cities |
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For India's Rural Poor, Growing Towns Matter More than Growing Cities |
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for india's rural poor, growing towns matter more than growing cities |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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