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Will urbanization raise social mobility in the South, replicating the economic history of the West?

Rains, Emily; Krishna, Anirudh - 2019

interventions that accompanied urbanization in the Global North. We argue that urbanization will not automatically improve prospects …

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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 …

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Urbanization, climate change, and structural transformation in Accra, Ghana

Danquah, Michael; Ouattara, Bazoumana; Ohemeng, Williams; … - 2024

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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Securitized reception : revisiting contexts confronting Afghan and Vietnamese forced migrants

Su, Phi Hong; Hakimi, Hameed - 2021

In a 2017 UNU-WIDER project, 'Forced migration and inequality', one of us collaborated on a comparison of Afghan and Vietnamese refugee resettlement across four Western countries. In the light of the Taliban return to power in August 2021, we revisit the contributions of the Journal of Ethnic...

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Vulnerable employment of Egyptian, Jordanian, and Tunisian youth : trends and determinants

AlAzzawi, Shireen; Hlásny, Vladimír - 2020

Youths in the Middle East and North Africa face the highest unemployment rates in the world. Those who are employed are pushed to accept informal sector jobs that are insecure, unsafe, and lack non-wage benefits. Precarious employment is pervasive among lower socioeconomic groups, leading to the...

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Rebel governance during COVID-19 : describing and explaining armed groups' response to the pandemic in the Middle East

Furlan, Marta - 2022

As COVID-19 spread worldwide, armed groups in control of territory were called to address the health emergency. However, our knowledge in this regard is limited. Specifically, it remains poorly understood why different armed groups responded to the crisis differently. Recognizing this lacuna,...

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The effects of land titling in Tanzania

Aikaeli, Jehovaness; Markussen, Thomas - 2017

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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Globalization and exclusionary urban growth in Asian countries

Kundu, Amitabh; Kundu, Debolina - 2010

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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Moderating urbanization and managing growth : how can Colombo prevent the emerging chaos?

Dayaratne, Ranjith - 2010

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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Fiscal decentralization and urbanization in Indonesia

Comola, Margherita; Mello, Luiz R. de - 2010

have affected regional patterns of urbanization, because the new prerogatives granted to the local governments have altered … ; federalism ; urbanization …

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