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capabilities to support urbanization in Africa. However, South African companies have been relatively unsuccessful at exporting …
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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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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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The relationship between the cocaine trade and urban land markets in South America has been overlooked by the mainstream economics and urban studies literature. This paper examines two avenues through which the cocaine trade can have a large impact on urban development in producer countries: (i)...
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factors have both negatively affected the urban poor and provided a catalyst for social mobilization. -- urbanization ; urban …
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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 …
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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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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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Rapid urbanization, and particularly the associated problems of urban poverty, unsustainable development and … diverted to urbanization and green city development. This paper studies aid's implementation strategies and effectiveness by … investigating 'what works in foreign aid on urbanization and green cities', 'what could work', and 'what is scalable and …
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As the world moves towards its so-called urban 'tipping point',urbanization in the global South has increasingly come …
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