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Can cities or towns drive African development? Economy-wide analysis for Ethiopia and Uganda
Dorosh, Paul; Thurlow, James - 2012
Rapid urbanization is an important characteristic of African development and yet the structural transformation debate … foreign trade) and benefits from urbanization (internal migration and agglomeration effects). Simulations suggest that urban … national growth. Given these trade-offs, we conclude that the urbanization's benefits argue against an agro …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319945
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Parsing the urban poverty puzzle: A multi-generational panel study in Rio de Janeiro's favelas, 1968 - 2008
Perlman, Janice E. - 2010
This paper describes the methodology of a longitudinal multi-generational study in the favelas (shantytowns) of Rio de Janeiro from 1968 to 2008. Major political transformations took place in Brazil during this interval: from dictatorship to 'opening' to democracy; major economic transformations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280193
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Financial liberalization and its implications for private savings in sub-Saharan Africa
Asiedu, Elizabeth; Asiseh, Fafanyo; Mannah-Blankson, Theresa - 2022
This paper employs data from 103 developing countries between 1981 and 2012 to examine the determinants of private savings in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with a focus on the effect of financial liberalization on private savings. It also analyses why the savings rate for SSA countries is lower than...
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Building malls or metros? South Africa's exports of tradable urban services to the rest of Africa
Turok, Ivan; Visagie, Justin - 2020
capabilities to support urbanization in Africa. However, South African companies have been relatively unsuccessful at exporting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012424081
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The rise of a middle class in East and Southern Africa: Implications for food system transformation
Tschirley, David; Reardon, Thomas; Dolislager, Michael; … - 2014
We examine the implications of the rise of a middle class in East and Southern Africa for food consumption patterns and the food system. A unique classification of food items shows that highly processed food has one-third of the purchased food market, with comparable shares in rural and urban...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494241
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The effects of rural land right security on labour structural transformation and urbanization: Evidence from Thailand
Chankrajang, Thanyaporn - 2012
labour structural transformation from agriculture to non-agriculture as well as on urbanization, with a specific focus on … Although SPK4-01 titling alone is found to have no significant effect on urbanization, its impact depends significantly on … within-province transport infrastructure. More specifically, rural land right security increases urbanization more in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319886
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Verticle decentralization and urban service delivery in South Africa: Does politics matter?
Cameron, Robert - 2012
This study examines the role of politics on decentralization and service delivery in South Africa, with a specific focus on Johannesburg and Cape Town. The research delineates how national decentralization has affected service delivery responsibilities and resources, determines whether service...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319936
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Dar es Salaam as a 'harbour of peace' in East Africa: Tracing the role of creolized urban ethnicity in nation-state formation
Bryceson, Deborah Fahy - 2010
Dar es Salaam is exceptional in East Africa for having a record of relatively little ethnic tension, and remaining tranquil and true to its name, the 'harbour of peace'. This paper explores the interface between ethnic and national identities in Tanzania's capital city, focusing on its ethnic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280075
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Violent urbanization and homogenization of space and place: Reconstructing the story of sectarian violence in Beirut
Yassin, Nasser - 2010
This paper aims at understanding the dynamics of sectarian violence in the city of Beirut, by looking at the early phase of violence in the Lebanese civil war (1975-90), and the process of dividing Beirut into various sectarian enclaves controlled by the warring militias. The paper aims to show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280080
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Urban myths and the mis-use of data that underpin them
Satterthwaite, David - 2010
-income nations and how this limits the accuracy of international comparisons - for instance of levels of urbanization and of the size … misconceptions in regard to growth rates for city populations and for nations' levels of urbanization. It ends with some comments on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280116