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diversification for a panel of households in Tanzania from the 1990s-the Kagera Health and Development Survey-with a focus on whether …
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agricultural investment, land valuation and access to credit in Tanzania. Results show that while there are no detectable effects … credit. The findings suggest that there are potentially significant, economic returns to systematic land titling in Tanzania …
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in Tanzania's capital city, focusing on its ethnic foundations and their malleability with regard to nationalism, asking … was almost as new as the nation-state? How did their modus operandi affect nation-building? -- nation-state ; Tanzania … ; nationalism ; urbanization …
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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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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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This paper explores one possible argument for how to respond to the epistemic troubles in the production of knowledge about urban Africa. The problem I have in mind is the preponderance of policy-oriented research on the development challenges and absences of African cities, as opposed to a more...
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-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 …
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development agendas, and concludes with a call for a renewed vision of Latin American urban life. -- Latin America ; urbanization …
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African cities are increasingly seen as key to unlocking national structural transformation and inclusive growth, as they tend to host the majority of the non-productive and informal labour force; attract the lion's share of domestic investment in non-productive sectors; and host different...
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