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 …