Around the world, in both developed and developing countries, policy makers use a variety of tools to manage and …

-at-any-cost model to a resource-efficient and sustainable one. The immense challenges of rapid urbanization are one aspect of the …

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 …, the urban population in developing countries stood at 2.5 billion. The developing world can accommodate the urban …