the consequent stake in economic stability. This paper examines why such a process has not happened in Africa. The … neither the political weight nor the analytic capacity to play this role effectively. Yet in Africa, housing has never …

This paper documents a significant impact of climate variation on urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa, primarily in more … especially out of the workforce. Overall, these findings imply a strong link between climate and urbanization in Africa …

of economic development is strongly positively correlated with its level of urbanization; and (b) a country's level of … urbanization is strongly negatively correlated with the size of its agricultural sector. However, countries in the Latin America …, Caribbean countries appear significantly less urbanized. However, analyses involving cross-country comparisons of urbanization …

This paper focuses on three interrelated questions on urbanization and the geography of development. First, although we … herald cities with their industrial bases as "engines of growth," does industrialization in fact drive urbanization? While … industrialization correlate only weakly with changes in urbanization. This suggests that policy and institutional factors may also …

Developing countries have urbanized rapidly since 1950. To explain urbanization, standard models emphasize rural … developing countries? rapid urban growth and urbanization may also be linked to demographic factors, such as rapid internal urban … and displays strong associations with urban congestion, providing additional insight into the phenomenon of urbanization …

rising demand from urbanization. The assessment used National Accounts Statistics to build a data set of residential housing … in upper-middle-income economies. An important finding is that countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have housing elasticities …

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

urbanization patterns differ substantially, with some countries fostering migration out of agriculture into rural off farm … than agglomeration in mega cities. This suggests that patterns of urbanization deserve much more attention when striving …

This paper assesses the state of research and examines priorities for future work in the area of urbanization and …