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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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The Malawi Urbanization Review aims to provide fresh perspectives on urbanization in Malawi, by analyzing the current … and potential contribution of urbanization to long-term national development and the current institutional and financial … urbanizing at a moderate rate and has a good chance of proactively managing the urbanization process. Opportunities may arise …
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Urbanization is the single most important transformation that the African continent will undergo this century. More … than half of Africa's population will live in its cities by 2040. In the face of rapid urbanization, there is a narrow … through the urbanization process and in some countries, a large number of people reside in rural areas. Rapid urbanization, if …
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"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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highlights key urbanization patterns and trends; section three provides an overview of the legal, institutional and financial …
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