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Albania - Urban Growth, Migration and Poverty Reduction : A Poverty Assessment
World Bank - 2012
This sector report claims that in the three years between 2002 and 2005 alone, almost 235,000 people have moved out of poverty in Albania. Strong economic growth and large inflow of remittances are at the center of this impressive achievement. However, low productivity of predominantly small...
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Understanding the Socioeconomic Differences of Urban and Camp-Based Refugees in Kenya : Comparative Analysis Brief - 2018 Kalobeyei Settlement, 2019 Kakuma Camp, and 2020-21 Urban...
United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR); World Bank - 2021
The comparative analysis on the socioeconomic conditions of urban and camp-based refugees in Kenya builds upon the findings of the Kalobeyei, Kakuma and Urban Socioeconomic Surveys (SES). It offers an analytical understanding about key differences between refugees while providing explanations,...
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Migration, school attainment, and child labor : evidence from rural Pakistan
Mansuri, Ghazala - 2006
proposals to open international labor markets to allow for the temporary economic migration of low-skilled workers from … from migrants to their communities of origin underscores this aspect of migration. However, migration can also transform … returns to investment in human capital. The author explores the relationship between temporary economic migration and …
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Rural-urban dynamics and the millennium development goals
2013
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Quantifying the rural-urban gradient in Latin America and the Caribbean
Chomitz, Kenneth M. - 2005
"This paper addresses the deceptively simple question: What is the rural population of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)? It argues that rurality is a gradient, not a dichotomy, and nominates two dimensions to that gradient: population density and remoteness from large metropolitan areas. It...
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Dynamics of income inequality and welfare in Latvia in the late 1990s
Monga, Célestin - 2004
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Sudan : Overview of the Urban Landscape
World Bank - 2013
highlights key urbanization patterns and trends; section three provides an overview of the legal, institutional and financial …
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Rural-urban migration in developing countries : a survey of theoretical predictions and empirical findings
Lall, Somik V. - 2006
"The migration of labor from rural to urban areas is an important part of the urbanization process in developing … found clear answers yet. To what extent is internal migration a desirable phenomenon and under what circumstances? Should … assessment of the literature is that migration can be beneficial or at least be turned into a beneficial phenomenon so that in …
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Urban land policy : issues and opportunities
Dunkerley, Harold B. (ed.);  … - 1983
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