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Urbanization without structural transformation in Accra, Ghana

Ohemeng, Williams; Iddrisu, Abdul Malik; Domfe, George; … - 2024

This paper draws on quantitative and qualitative analyses to examine the patterns of structural transformation, the drivers and constraints of structural transformation, and how the configuration of power within the city and its interactions with national and city political settlements affects...

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The rise of a middle class in East and Southern Africa : implications for food system transformation

Tschirley, David; Reardon, Thomas Anthony; Dolislager, … - 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...

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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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Structural transformation under vertically divided authority in Harare

Mlilo, Mfundo; Mahofa, Godfrey - 2025

This paper explores structural transformation in Harare, a city characterized by vertically divided authority. Harare's unique governance structure can offer invaluable insights into the role of political determinants in structural change in African cities. We aim to demonstrate how political...

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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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Urbanization without structural transformation in Lagos, Nigeria

Folawewo, Abiodun Oluwole - 2024

This study examines the relationship between urbanization and structural transformation in Lagos. Specifically, the …

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Inequality, urbanization, and the Kuznets process : evidence from India’s annual Periodic Labour Force Surveys

S Chandrasekhar; Naraparaju, Karthikeya; Sharma, Ajay - 2025

.34. We find that a 1 percentage point increase in the level of urbanization may increase the Mean Log Deviation by 0.5 to 0 ….7 per cent. Our analysis suggests that inequality will start declining only when India's urbanization rate is in the region … development of the inequality-urbanization relationship at the sub-national level conforms to the Kuznets process. …

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Building net-zero African cities : decarbonization and structural transformation

Ouattara, Bazoumana - 2025

This paper examines how African cities can reconcile rapid urbanization and development imperatives with urgent …

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Development strategies : lessons from the experiences of South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam

Khan, Haider Ali - 2010

This piece synthesizes the development strategies of Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam and draws some relevant lessons. Using a complex adaptive systems approach, strategic openness, a set of heterodox macroeconomic policies, creation of institutions for productive investment in both...

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