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interventions that accompanied urbanization in the Global North. We argue that urbanization will not automatically improve prospects …
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capabilities to support urbanization in Africa. However, South African companies have been relatively unsuccessful at exporting …
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This study examines the effect of climate on citywide labour productivity in the Accra city region. We use data from Ghana's Integrated Business and Establishment Survey dataset, climate data at the sub-city level from Ghana Meteorological Agency, and satellite and reanalysis data, as well as...
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We use household survey data to investigate the effects of formal, private property rights to agricultural land on agricultural investment, land valuation and access to credit in Tanzania. Results show that while there are no detectable effects of formal, private land property rights (written...
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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 … dent on macro-level aggregates. -- Water supply ; perceptions ; environmental health ; transition ; urbanization …
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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 …
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have affected regional patterns of urbanization, because the new prerogatives granted to the local governments have altered … ; federalism ; urbanization …
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. Coastal cities and towns from Dakar (which is used as a case study) via Lagos, Cape Town, Maputo and Mombasa to Djibouti …
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chauvinism and restrictive migration or anti-urbanization policies and practices. Drawing primarily on examples from Johannesburg … ; urbanization ; African cities ; social cohesion ; integration ; cosmopolitanism …
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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 …
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