Why Secondary Towns Can Be Important for Poverty Reduction : A Migrant’s Perspective

Why Secondary Towns Can Be Important for Poverty Reduction : A Migrant’s Perspective

This paper develops the concept of ‘action space’ as the range of possible destinations to which a migrant can realistically move at a given point in time and, intimately linked to this, the set of possible livelihoods at destination. It shows how...

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Main Authors: Ingelaere, Bert, Christiaensen, Luc, De Weerdt, Joachim, Kanbur, Ravi
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
MIGRATION
URBANIZATION
POVERTY
POVERTY REDUCTION
JOB CREATION
JOBS
SECONDARY TOWN
LIFE HISTORY
MIGRANT LABOR
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/667501518769513038/Why-secondary-towns-Can-Be-important-for-poverty-reduction-a-migrant-s-perspective
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spelling okr-10986-293912021-05-25T09:11:40Z Why Secondary Towns Can Be Important for Poverty Reduction : A Migrant’s Perspective Ingelaere, Bert Christiaensen, Luc De Weerdt, Joachim Kanbur, Ravi MIGRATION URBANIZATION POVERTY POVERTY REDUCTION JOB CREATION JOBS SECONDARY TOWN LIFE HISTORY MIGRANT LABOR This paper develops the concept of ‘action space’ as the range of possible destinations to which a migrant can realistically move at a given point in time and, intimately linked to this, the set of possible livelihoods at destination. It shows how this space expands and contracts over time through ‘cumulative causation.’ Such a dynamic framework allows for appreciating the role of secondary towns in rural-urban migration and poverty reduction. Secondary towns occupy a unique middle ground between semi-subsistence agriculture and the capitalistic city, between what is close by and familiar and what is much further away and unknown. By opening the horizons of the (poorer) rural population and facilitating navigation of the nonfarm economy, secondary towns allow a broader base of the poor population to become physically, economically, and socially mobile. Secondary towns therefore have great potential as vehicles for inclusive growth and poverty reduction in urbanizing developing countries. These are the insights emerging from the in-depth life history accounts of 75 purposively selected rural-urban migrants from rural Kagera, in Tanzania. 2018-02-27T22:22:22Z 2018-02-27T22:22:22Z 2018-02-13 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/667501518769513038/Why-secondary-towns-Can-Be-important-for-poverty-reduction-a-migrant-s-perspective http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29391 English Jobs Working Paper,no. 12; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper
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topic MIGRATION
URBANIZATION
POVERTY
POVERTY REDUCTION
JOB CREATION
JOBS
SECONDARY TOWN
LIFE HISTORY
MIGRANT LABOR
spellingShingle MIGRATION
URBANIZATION
POVERTY
POVERTY REDUCTION
JOB CREATION
JOBS
SECONDARY TOWN
LIFE HISTORY
MIGRANT LABOR
Ingelaere, Bert
Christiaensen, Luc
De Weerdt, Joachim
Kanbur, Ravi
Why Secondary Towns Can Be Important for Poverty Reduction : A Migrant’s Perspective
relation Jobs Working Paper,no. 12;
description This paper develops the concept of ‘action space’ as the range of possible destinations to which a migrant can realistically move at a given point in time and, intimately linked to this, the set of possible livelihoods at destination. It shows how this space expands and contracts over time through ‘cumulative causation.’ Such a dynamic framework allows for appreciating the role of secondary towns in rural-urban migration and poverty reduction. Secondary towns occupy a unique middle ground between semi-subsistence agriculture and the capitalistic city, between what is close by and familiar and what is much further away and unknown. By opening the horizons of the (poorer) rural population and facilitating navigation of the nonfarm economy, secondary towns allow a broader base of the poor population to become physically, economically, and socially mobile. Secondary towns therefore have great potential as vehicles for inclusive growth and poverty reduction in urbanizing developing countries. These are the insights emerging from the in-depth life history accounts of 75 purposively selected rural-urban migrants from rural Kagera, in Tanzania.
format Working Paper
author Ingelaere, Bert
Christiaensen, Luc
De Weerdt, Joachim
Kanbur, Ravi
author_facet Ingelaere, Bert
Christiaensen, Luc
De Weerdt, Joachim
Kanbur, Ravi
author_sort Ingelaere, Bert
title Why Secondary Towns Can Be Important for Poverty Reduction : A Migrant’s Perspective
title_short Why Secondary Towns Can Be Important for Poverty Reduction : A Migrant’s Perspective
title_full Why Secondary Towns Can Be Important for Poverty Reduction : A Migrant’s Perspective
title_fullStr Why Secondary Towns Can Be Important for Poverty Reduction : A Migrant’s Perspective
title_full_unstemmed Why Secondary Towns Can Be Important for Poverty Reduction : A Migrant’s Perspective
title_sort why secondary towns can be important for poverty reduction : a migrant’s perspective
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/667501518769513038/Why-secondary-towns-Can-Be-important-for-poverty-reduction-a-migrant-s-perspective
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