When Distance Drives Destination, Towns Can Stimulate Development

While city migrants see their welfare increase much more than those moving to towns, many more rural-urban migrants end up in towns. This phenomenon, documented in detail in Kagera, Tanzania, begs the question why migrants move to seemingly subopti...

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Main Authors: De Weerdt, Joachim, Christiaensen, Luc, Kanbur, Ravi
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/668891618250244449/When-Distance-Drives-Destination-Towns-Can-Stimulate-Development
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35444