Although Africa has experienced rapid urbanization in recent decades, we know little about the process of urbanization …, the authors study the effect of migration on urbanization in South Africa. While they find that on average there is no … populations. Overall, the evidence suggests that exogenous migration shocks can foster urbanization in the medium run …

Many cities in developing economies, particularly in Africa, are experiencing urbanization without industrialization …

continuous urbanization accompanied by a gradual phasing-in of urban land property rights over time. Today, however, the evidence … in many fast urbanizing low-income countries points towards a different trend of ?urbanization without formalization … dynamics of land property rights and urbanization. The calibrated baseline model describes a city that first grows informally …

Rapid urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa places immense pressure on urban services to meet the needs of the burgeoning …

Urbanization is undoubtedly a key driver of development -- cities provide the national platform for prosperity, job … creation, and poverty reduction. But urbanization also poses enormous challenges that one is familiar with: congestion, air … resident's call home. Urbanization is perhaps the single most important question in development today. It is clear that cities …

Urbanization deserves urgent attention from policy makers, academics, entrepreneurs, and social reformers of all … stripes. Nothing else will create as many opportunities for social and economic progress. The urbanization project began …

This paper examines the effects of urbanization on development and growth. It begins with a labor market perspective …

In the past dozen years, a literature has developed arguing that urbanization has unfolded differently in post … urbanization experience overall matches global patterns. There are differences, however, at the sector level. Agricultural trade … effects that improve farm prices deter African urbanization, while they promote urbanization elsewhere. Potential reasons …