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Migration and urbanization in post-apartheid South Africa
Bakker, Jan David; Parsons, Christopher R.; Rauch, Ferdinand - 2019
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 …
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Migration and urbanization in post-apartheid South Africa
Bakker, Jan David; Parsons, Christopher R.; Rauch, Ferdinand - Weltbank - 2019
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012564813
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Population pressures, migration, and the returns to human capital and land : insights from Indonesia
Liu, Yanyan; Yamauchi, Futoshi - 2014
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When the cat's away : the effects of spousal migration on investments on children
Rizzicas, Lucia - 2016
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Introducing a performance-based school grant in Jakarta : what do we know about its impact after two years? : background paper to the 2018 World Development Report
Al-Samarrai, Samer; Shrestha, Unika; Hasan, Amer; … - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011760972
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Free movement and affordable housing : public preferences for reform in Uzbekistan
Seitz, William - 2020
associated with declining optimism and lower support for the wider government national development program, beyond urbanization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228192
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Self-employment and migration
Barbosa, Marcelo Ponte; Costa, Leandro Oliveira - 2019
There is a widespread policy view that a lack of job opportunities at home is a key reason for migration, accompanied by suggestions of the need to spend more on creating these opportunities to reduce migration. Self-employment is widespread in poor countries, and faced with a lack of existing...
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What makes cities healthy?
Yusuf, Shahid; Nabeshima, Kaoru; Ha, Wei - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003422335
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Urban youth bulges and social disorder : an empirical study of Asian and Sub-Saharan African cities
Urdal, Henrik; Hoelscher, Kristian - 2009
By 2050, two-thirds of the world s population will live in cities, and the greatest growth in urban populations will take place in the least developed countries. This presents many governments with considerable challenges related to urban governance and the provision of services and...
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