time. This paper seeks to examine the relationship not only between gender and urban income poverty but also, more … importantly, between gender and urban asset accumulation, illustrating how the combination of quantitative econometric measurement … a far more comprehensive analysis of asset accumulation processes in urban contexts than can be gained from any single …

focuses on agriculture's relative merits without also considering the benefits from urban agglomeration. As a result, African … governments are often provided conflicting recommendations on the importance of rural agriculture or urban industry. We develop … foreign trade) and benefits from urbanization (internal migration and agglomeration effects). Simulations suggest that urban …

This paper aims at economic analysis of economic globalization and urban growth of Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of … contributor for degree of economic globalization and urban economic growth, mainly driven by ICT services. Bangalore's performance …

inherent in defining and measuring the size of urban versus rural populations. We show that differences in the measurement of … urban populations across countries and over time are significant, and discuss the methods used to obtain these measurements …

(urban population and its share of total national population) that is reported by various countries but there is no … standardized definition of 'urban' resulting in inconsistencies. This situation is particularly troublesome if one wishes to …) and the world. This paper proposes an alternative to the UN measure of urban concentration that we call an agglomeration …

force, provided a niche for populist leaders to espouse a message relevant to the region's growing urban poor … coalition in concert with the urban poor and thereby deliver sizeable electoral victories. While such strategies are similar to …

role of economic factors such as the lack of agglomeration economies and poor infrastructure in urban Africa. …

Across the world, people in urban rather than rural areas are more likely to support gender equality. To explain this … global trend, this paper engages with geographically diverse literature and comparative rural-urban ethnographic research … against gender-based violence. However, the urban is not inevitably disruptive. Experiences of the urban are shaped by …