An important stylized fact about African economic development is the phenomenon of urbanization without structural …

-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 … how data limitations distort urban policies. -- urbanization ; city populations ; censuses …

urbanization, and speculates on its impact on the quality of life and poverty in the context of Asian countries. After experiencing … deceleration. This questions the postulate of the epicentre of urbanization shifting to Asia. It also lends credence to the thesis … global cities has led to 'sanitization' and cleaning up of the micro environment by pushing out the current and prospective …

This paper examines urbanization trends, the growth of Colombo and its present state of development. It looks at the … urbanization and development. -- Colombo ; urban development ; managing urbanization ; planning ; housing; squatter settlements …

chauvinism and restrictive migration or anti-urbanization policies and practices. Drawing primarily on examples from Johannesburg … ; urbanization ; African cities ; social cohesion ; integration ; cosmopolitanism …

development agendas, and concludes with a call for a renewed vision of Latin American urban life. -- Latin America ; urbanization …

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 …