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 … the result of labor-intensive agricultural growth and strong farm–nonfarm linkages. But for all its success to date, Asia … slow growth with rapid urbanization stemming from urban-biased policies, low rural population density, and high rates of …

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 …

have experienced the reduction of farm size and the decline of natural resources. Through a comparison of Asia and Africa …