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Village Political Economy, Land Tenure Insecurity, and the Rural to Urban Migration Decision : Evidence from China
Mu, Ren - 2017
This paper investigates the impact of land tenure insecurity on the migration decisions of China's rural residents. A simple model first frames the relationship among these variables and the probability that a reallocation of land will occur in the following year. After first demonstrating that...
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The Great Migration : Urban Aspirations
Keith, Michael - 2017
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...
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Can China's Rural Elderly Count on Support from Adult Children? Implications of Rural-to-Urban Migration
Giles, John - 2017
This paper shows that support from the family continues to be an important source of support for the rural elderly, particularly the rural elderly over 70 years of age. Decline in likelihood of co-residence with, or in close proximity to, adult children raises the possibility that China's rural...
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What Has Driven the Decline of Infant Mortality in Kenya?
Demombynes, Gabriel - 2017
-Saharan Africa. Kenya's infant mortality rate has fallen by 7.6 percent per year, the fastest rate of decline among the 20 countries … in the region for which recent Demographic and Health Survey data is available. Kenya's rate of postneonatal deaths per 1 … widespread ownership of insecticide-treated bednets in areas of Kenya where malaria is rare suggests that better targeting of …
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When the Cat's Away : The Effects of Spousal Migration on Investments on Children
Rizzica, Lucia - 2017
Household expenditures for children-related goods may change when one of the parent migrates and do so differently depending on whether it is the mother or the father that leaves. A sequential model that explains migration and budget allocation choices is proposed and its predictions are tested...
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Rural-Urban Migration in Developing Countries : A Survey of Theoretical Predictions and Empirical Findings
Lall, Somik V.; Selod, Harris; Shalizi, Zmarak - 2014
The migration of labor from rural to urban areas is an important part of the urbanization process in developing countries. Even though it has been the focus of abundant research over the past five decades, some key policy questions have not found clear answers yet. To what extent is internal...
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Cities, Slums, and Early Child Growth : Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh
Raju, Dhushyanth - 2019
This study uses novel household survey data that are representative of Bangladesh's large cities, and of slum and nonslum areas within the cities, to investigate the effects of demographic and socioeconomic factors on early child growth in 2013. The study also decomposes the difference in mean...
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Impact of Climate Change and Aquatic Salinization on Mangrove Species and Poor Communities in the Bangladesh Sundarbans
Dasgupta, Susmita - 2017
This paper investigates possible impacts of climate change on the poor communities of the Bangladesh Sundarbans via changes in aquatic salinity and mangrove species. The implications for poor communities are assessed by computing changes in high-value mangrove species for the five sub-districts...
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Working with the Market : A New Approach to Reducing Urban Slums in India
Clarke Annez, Patricia - 2017
This paper examines the policy options for India as it seeks to improve living conditions of the poor on a large scale and reduce the population in slums. Addressing the problem requires first a diagnosis of the market at the city level and a recognition that government interventions, rather...
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Poverty, Living Conditions, and Infrastructure Access : A Comparison of Slums in Dakar, Johannesburg, and Nairobi
Gulyani, Sumila - 2017
In this paper the authors compare indicators of development, infrastructure, and living conditions in the slums of Dakar, Nairobi, and Johannesburg using data from 2004 World Bank surveys. Contrary to the notion that most African cities face similar slum problems, find that slums in the three...
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