"Urbanization is transforming the developing world. However, understanding the pace, scale, and form of urbanization … urbanization policies that address the growth of the entire system of cities at once in order to support economically efficient … urbanization; investing in small and medium urban areas; ensuring spatial access to the poor in order to make urban growth more …

Although Africa has experienced rapid urbanization in recent decades, we know little about the process of urbanization …, the authors study the effect of migration on urbanization in South Africa. While they find that on average there is no … populations. Overall, the evidence suggests that exogenous migration shocks can foster urbanization in the medium run …