We investigate how urban concentration and urbanization affect economic growth in developing countries. Using semi … between urbanization and economic growth. -- urban concentration ; economic development ; LDCs ; semiparametric estimations …

between human capital accumulation and urbanization. Our results support the result according to which more urbanization … result raises policy concerns on issues related to over-urbanization. …

We investigate the role that climatic change has played in the pattern of urbanization in sub-Saharan African countries … the determinants of urbanization. The results of our econometric analysis suggest that climatic change, as proxied by … rainfall, has acted to change urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa but not elsewhere in the developing world. Moreover, this link …