urbanization may well bear on the speed of poverty reduction. This paper reviews the latter question within the context of Tanzania …. It starts from the observation that migration to towns contributed much more to poverty reduction than migration to … access off-farm employment and exit poverty because they are more nearby. It concludes with a call for greater consideration …

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