measure the contributions of different migration streams to overall poverty change. An application to Tanzania shows the new …In an economy with migration, poverty changes are composed of a number of forces, including the income gains and losses … insights that are provided - in particular on the role of migration to secondary towns in poverty reduction. …

appreciating the role of secondary towns in rural-urban migration and poverty reduction. Secondary towns occupy a unique middle …. Secondary towns therefore have great potential as vehicles for inclusive growth and poverty reduction in urbanizing developing …-urban migrants from rural Kagera, in Tanzania …

appreciating the role of secondary towns in rural-urban migration and poverty reduction. Secondary towns occupy a unique middle …. Secondary towns therefore have great potential as vehicles for inclusive growth and poverty reduction in urbanizing developing …-urban migrants from rural Kagera, in Tanzania …

Tanzania, three using diaries and three using recall methods. These modules were chosen to reflect the variety of modules … currently in use in multipurpose household surveys collecting food consumption expenditures in some detail at national scale … reporting or a single reporter per household) and by frequency of interviewer visits. From these data we calculate the …

Should public investment be targeted to big cities or to small towns, if the objective is to minimize national poverty … poverty gradient from rural to town to city will exist as an equilibrium phenomenon. We then address the policy question and … show how the answer depends on the migration response, where the poverty line lies relative to incomes in the three …

Should public investment be targeted to big cities or to small towns, if the objective is to minimize national poverty … poverty gradient from rural to town to city will exist as an equilibrium phenomenon. We then address the policy question and … show how the answer depends on the migration response, where the poverty line lies relative to incomes in the three …