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Demography, urbanization and development : rural push, urban pull and... urban push?
Jedwab, Remi; Christiaensen, Luc J.; Gindelsky, Marina - 2015
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Understanding India's urban frontier : what is behind the emergence of census towns in India?
Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Partha; Zérah, Marie-Hélène; … - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011624138
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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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Informal economy and the World Bank
Benjamin, Nancy Claire; Beegle, Kathleen; Recanatini, … - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010378928
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COVID-19 mortality in rich and poor countries : a tale of two pandemics?
Schellekens, Philip; Sourrouille, Diego - 2020
the excessive skew towards rich countries is inconsistent with demography. Simulations based on reasonable ranges for …
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Identifying catch-up trajectories in child growth : new methods with evidence from young lives
Jones, Sam; Behrman, Jere R.; Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Anand, Paul - 2018
Definitions of catch-up growth in anthropometric outcomes among young children vary across studies. This paper distinguishes between catch-up in the mean of a group toward that of a healthy reference population versus catch-up within the group, associated with a narrowing of the outcome...
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Global inequality in a more educated world
Ahmed, Syud Amer; Bussolo, Maurizio; Cruz, Marcio José … - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011736020
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Do demographics matter for African child poverty?
Batana, Yélé Maweki; Cockburn, John - 2018
The effect of demographics on poverty measurement based on per capita consumption is well known. The size and composition of the household can affect the well-being of everyone in the household, with respect to total consumption within that household. Failure to address this issue may often lead...
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What makes cities healthy?
Yusuf, Shahid; Nabeshima, Kaoru; Ha, Wei - 2007
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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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