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Africa 2050 : urbanization
Racki, Jeffrey; Patel, Praful; De Groot, David - In: Global journal of emerging market economies 6 (2014) 1, pp. 15-34
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When distance drives destination, towns can stimulate development
De Weerdt, Joachim; Christiaensen, Luc J.; Kanbur, Ravi - 2021
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When distance drives destination, towns can stimulate development
De Weerdt, Joachim; Christiaensen, Luc J.; Kanbur, Ravi - 2021
While city migrants see their welfare increase much more than those moving to towns, many more rural-urban migrants end up in towns. This phenomenon, documented in detail in Kagera, Tanzania, begs the question why migrants move to seemingly suboptimal destinations. Using an 18-year panel of...
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Building malls or metros? : South Africa's exports of tradable urban services to the rest of Africa
Turok, Ivan; Visagie, Justin - 2020
capabilities to support urbanization in Africa. However, South African companies have been relatively unsuccessful at exporting …. There are many opportunities to expand trade in services between South Africa and other African countries. Improvements in … urban planning, design, and governance are vital to create more productive and liveable cities. South Africa has many …
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Mortality, migration, and rural transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa's urban transition
Fox, Sean - In: Journal of demographic economics : JODE 83 (2017) 1, pp. 13-30
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African urbanization : an analytic policy guide
Collier, Paul - In: Oxford review of economic policy 33 (2017) 3, pp. 405-437
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The effects of natural resources on urbanization, concentration, and living standards in Africa
Ebeke, Christian; Ntsama Etoundi, Sabine Mireille - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 96 (2017), pp. 408-417
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Cash in the city : emerging lessons from implementing cash transfers in urban Africa
Gentilini, Ugo; Khosla, Saksham; Almenfi, Mohamed; … - 2021
Poverty and crises are rapidly “urbanizing†. Yet experience with operationalizing cash transfers in urban areas is limited. This paper captures early lessons from a new generation of urban cash transfer responses to Covid-19 in eleven African countries. The analysis contextualizes...
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When distance drives destination, towns can stimulate development
De Weerdt, Joachim; Christiaensen, Luc J.; Kanbur, Ravi - 2021
While city migrants see their welfare increase much more than those moving to towns, many more rural-urban migrants end up in towns. This phenomenon, documented in detail in Kagera, Tanzania, begs the question why migrants move to seemingly suboptimal destinations. Using an 18-year panel of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012489741
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African smart cities strategies for Agenda 2063
Slavova, Mira; Okwechime, Ekene - In: Africa journal of management 2 (2016) 2, pp. 210-229
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