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Urbanization and (in)formalization
Ghani, Ejaz; Kanbur, Ravi - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009697698
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Urbanization and (in)formalization
Ghani, Ejaz; Kanbur, Ravi - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009717954
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Urbanization and (In)Formalization
Ghani, Ejaz - 2013
indicators of progress in development, are inexorable urbanization and inexorable formalization. Urbanization is indeed happening … development analysis and development policy. Is the link between urbanization and formalization more complex than what had been … informality. The second core section turns to processes of urbanization and asks how these processes intersect with and interact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011395659
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Urbanization and (In)Formalization
Ghani, Ejaz; Kanbur, Ravi - 2013
Inexorable urbanization and formalization have been the expectations in development discourse. Indeed, measures of … urbanization and formalization have been provided and used as indicators of development. But while urbanization has proceeded apace … questions for development analysis and development policy. Why did one expect urbanization and formalization to go together in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012573474
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Urbanization and (In)Formalization
Ghani, Ejaz; Kanbur, Ravi - 2013
indicators of progress in development, are inexorable urbanization and inexorable formalization. Urbanization is indeed happening … development analysis and development policy. Is the link between urbanization and formalization more complex than what had been … informality. The second core section turns to processes of urbanization and asks how these processes intersect with and interact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012558108
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Urbanization and (In)Formalization
Ghani, Syed Ejaz - 2017
indicators of progress in development, are inexorable urbanization and inexorable formalization. Urbanization is indeed happening … development analysis and development policy. Is the link between urbanization and formalization more complex than what had been … informality. The second core section turns to processes of urbanization and asks how these processes intersect with and interact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974582
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Decomposing the contribution of migration to poverty reduction : methodology and application to Tanzania
Christiaensen, Luc J.; De Weerdt, Joachim; Kanbur, Ravi - 2018
In an economy with migration, poverty changes are composed of a number of forces, including the income gains and losses realized by the various migration streams. We present a simple but powerful decomposition methodology that uses panel data to measure the contributions of different migration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011913694
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Secondary towns and poverty reduction : refocusing the urbanization agenda
Christiaensen, Luc J.; Kanbur, Ravi - 2017
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/10011631514
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When distance drives destination, towns can stimulate development
De Weerdt, Joachim; Christiaensen, Luc J.; Kanbur, Ravi - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012549958
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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