Reshaping Urbanization in Rwanda : Internal Migration in Rwanda
The objective of this report is to inform the government’s policies and strategies on urbanization as a driver of economic development, job creation, and poverty reduction. Note two examines internal migration in Rwanda, which is a recent phenomeno...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/643901513837660776/Reshaping-urbanization-in-Rwanda-economic-and-spatial-trends-and-proposals-note-2-internal-migration-in-Rwanda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29080 |
| Summary: | The objective of this report is to
inform the government’s policies and strategies on
urbanization as a driver of economic development, job
creation, and poverty reduction. Note two examines internal
migration in Rwanda, which is a recent phenomenon and
remains fairly limited, with less than 10 percent of the
population changing their district of residence in the three
years between 2011 and 2014. Rural‐to‐urban migration has
increased slightly as a share of internal migration, and
with internal migration increasing overall, the absolute
number of people moving from rural to urban areas has grown.
The spatial disparities in living standards offer a
compelling motivation for people in lagging areas to move
closer to economic density. This note takes a closer look at
the scale and nature of internal migration in Rwanda. This
note is organized as follows: section one gives
introduction. Section two presents the scale and pattern of
internal migration, focusing particularly on rural‐to‐urban
migration and the secondary cities. Section three sketches
the characteristics of migrants, focusing on push and pull
factors and disaggregating by type of migration. The final
section four concludes. |
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