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 …

This paper examines data on urbanization. We review the most commonly used data sources, and highlight the difficulties …, as well as those for projecting urbanization. We also analyze recent trends and patterns in urbanization. Finally, we … describe the principal channels of urbanization and examine their relative contributions to the global urbanization process. …

A common challenge in analyzing urbanization is the data. The United Nations (UN) compiles information on urbanization … conduct a cross-country analysis or determine the aggregate urbanization status of the regions (such as Asia or Latin America …

argues that the nature of party competition in Africa, combined with rapid urbanization and informalization of the labour …