This paper investigates the impact of land tenure insecurity on the migration decisions of China's rural residents. A …

urbanization patterns differ substantially, with some countries fostering migration out of agriculture into rural off farm … developing countries spanning 1980-2004, the analysis in this paper finds that migration out of agriculture into the missing … than agglomeration in mega cities. This suggests that patterns of urbanization deserve much more attention when striving …

For a long time, the urbanization and development discourse has coincided with a focus on economic growth and big … cities. Yet, much of the world's new urbanization is taking place in smaller urban entities (towns), and the composition of … urbanization may well bear on the speed of poverty reduction. This paper reviews the latter question within the context of Tanzania …

appreciating the role of secondary towns in rural-urban migration and poverty reduction. Secondary towns occupy a unique middle …

The great 21st-century migration into cities will present both a great challenge for humanity and a significant … opportunity for global economic growth. This paper describes the diverse patterns that define this metropolitan migration. It then … lays out a framework for understanding the costs and benefits of new arrivals through migration's externalities and the …

, 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 …Although Africa has experienced rapid urbanization in recent decades, we know little about the process of urbanization …

services as a driver of urbanization and structural transformation is still not well understood. Using establishment level data … from India, this paper helps narrow this gap by comparing and contrasting the spatial development of services with that in …

India spanning 60 years, including 20 years since reforms began in earnest in 1991. The study finds a downward trend in …