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

Since the industrial revolution, the economic development of Western Europe and North America was characterized by … 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 …

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 …

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

production. Positive shocks to modern manufacturing spur urbanization in the rest of the developing world, but effects are …In the past dozen years, a literature has developed arguing that urbanization has unfolded differently in post …-independence Sub-Saharan Africa than in the rest of the developing world, with implications for African economic growth overall. While …

routes between cities are calculated using new road network data. Cost per unit of distance is identified by world oil prices …

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