Strong economic growth in urban areas has not led to rapid urbanization in Ethiopia, possibly as a result of prevailing … land tenure policies. We examine the economic implications of accelerated urbanization using a rural–urban economywide … urbanization would strengthen economic growth, improve rural welfare, and reduce the rural–urban divide. However, without …

In comparison to other African countries, Ethiopia has a low urbanization rate. According to the World Bank World … Development Report (WDR) 2009, Sub-Sahara Africa is 30% urbanized, whereas Ethiopia is only 10.9% urbanized. Urbanization rates … Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia reports a 16% urbanization rate. In an effort to standardize and measure Ethiopian …

"Rising per capita income, urbanization and globalization are changing the consumption basket in the developing …

, such as Asia and Africa. The pattern in developing Asia is characterized by fast growth and slow urbanization, primarily as … slow growth with rapid urbanization stemming from urban-biased policies, low rural population density, and high rates of … population growth. But whereas Africa's path of urbanization without growth presents problems like unemployment, congestion, and …

examine inequality changes associated with urbanization and educational expansion in Indonesia from 1996 to 2002, using …

policy, infrastructure development (especially markets and roads), urbanization and technological improvements. Rainfed areas …

This study uses Geographic Information Systems (GIS) techniques to estimate urbanization rates in Ethiopia, using a … areas. Defining the minimum population of an urban area as 50,000, the urbanization rate has risen from only 3.7 percent in …