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A rather unique panel tracking more than 3,300 individuals from households in rural Kagera, Tanzania during 1991/4-2010 shows that about one in two individuals/households who exited poverty did so by transitioning from agriculture into the rural nonfarm economy or secondary towns. Only one in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011395706
urbanization patterns differ substantially, with some countries fostering migration out of agriculture into rural off farm … than agglomeration in mega cities. This suggests that patterns of urbanization deserve much more attention when striving …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011395729
This paper develops the concept of 'action space' as the range of possible destinations to which a migrant can realistically move at a given point in time and, intimately linked to this, the set of possible livelihoods at destination. It shows how this space expands and contracts over time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012645027
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012645260
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012927528
Developing countries have urbanized rapidly since 1950. To explain urbanization, standard models emphasize rural … developing countries? rapid urban growth and urbanization may also be linked to demographic factors, such as rapid internal urban … and displays strong associations with urban congestion, providing additional insight into the phenomenon of urbanization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971521
urbanization patterns differ substantially, with some countries fostering migration out of agriculture into rural off farm … than agglomeration in mega cities. This suggests that patterns of urbanization deserve much more attention when striving …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974402
A rather unique panel tracking more than 3,300 individuals from households in rural Kagera, Tanzania during 1991/4-2010 shows that about one in two individuals/households who exited poverty did so by transitioning from agriculture into the rural nonfarm economy or secondary towns. Only one in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974458
This review is framed around the exploration of a central hypothesis: A shift in public investment towards secondary towns from big cities will improve poverty reduction performance. Of course the hypothesis raises many questions. What exactly is the dichotomy of secondary towns versus big...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012960252
This paper develops the concept of "action space" as the range of possible destinations to which a migrant can realistically move at a given point in time and, intimately linked to this, the set of possible livelihoods at destination. It shows how this space expands and contracts over time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012245722