Search Results - subject:"rural–urban transformation"

Does off-farm work induce farmland abandonment? : evidence from China

Zheng, Linyi - In: China agricultural economic review : CAER 16 (2024) 4, pp. 664-682

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Impact of off-farm employment on cooking fuel choices : implications for rural-urban transformation in advancing sustainable energy transformation

Zheng, Linyi - In: Energy economics 118 (2023), pp. 1-11

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The identity change of rural–urban transformational tourism development in Chiang Mai heritage city: local residents’ perspectives

Wanitchakorn, Thanapa; Muangasame, Kaewta - In: International Journal of Tourism Cities 7 (2021) 4, pp. 1008-1028

Purpose This paper aims to develop an empirical understanding of the local identity changes of Chiang Mai heritage city from residents’ perspectives from when the city was pushed forward to inscription on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites during a period of transformation in tourism...

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A Dynamic Spatial Model of Rural-Urban Transformation with Public Goods

Biller, Dan; Andres, Luis; Cuberes, David - 2015

In this paper we develop a dynamic model that explains the pattern of population and production allocation in an economy with an urban location and a rural one. Agglomeration economies make urban dwellers benefit from a larger population living in the city and urban firms become more productive...

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A dynamic spatial model of rural-urban transformation with public goods

Biller, Dan; Andrés, Luis; Cuberes, David - 2014

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476364

Urbanization and Poverty Reduction – The Role of Rural Diversification and Secondary Towns

Christiaensen, Luc; De Weerdt, Joachim; Todo, Yasuyuki - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2013

A rather unique panel tracking more than 3300 individuals from households in rural Kagera, Tanzania during 1991/4-2010 shows that about 1 out of 2 individuals/households who exited poverty did so by transitioning out of agriculture into the rural nonfarm economy or secondary towns. Only 1 out of...

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All eggs in one basket : A reflection on Malawiâ€™s dependence on agricultural growth strategy

Droppelmann, Klaus; Makuwira, Jonathan; Kumwenda, Ian - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012

Malawi. Malawi is a country with a complex history of rural-urban transformation. On one hand, Malawi has long been, and … still is, a predominantly agrarian economy that has seemingly undergone relatively little rural-urban transformation. Malawi … macroeconomic policy situation and document patterns and trends in Malawiâ€˜s rural-urban transformation in a systematic manner. To …

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Poverty Reduction during the Rural-Urban Transformation - The Role of the Missing Middle

Christiaensen, Luc J.M.; Todo, Yasuyuki - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009

As countries develop, they undergo a structural transformation from agriculture to manufacturing and services as well as a spatial transformation from rural to urban. Historically, this process has been far from uniform across countries, with some fostering rural diversification out of...

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Poverty reduction during the rural-urban transformation : the role of the missing middle

Christiaensen, Luc J.; Todō, Yasuyuki - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 63 (2014), pp. 43-58

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Poverty Reduction During the Rural–Urban Transformation – The Role of the Missing Middle

Christiaensen, Luc; Todo, Yasuyuki - In: World Development 63 (2014) C, pp. 43-58

As countries develop, they restructure away from agriculture and urbanize. But structural transformation and urbanization patterns differ substantially, with some countries fostering migration out of agriculture into rural off farm activities and secondary towns, and others undergoing rapid...

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