Rapid urbanization is an important characteristic of African development and yet the structural transformation debate … foreign trade) and benefits from urbanization (internal migration and agglomeration effects). Simulations suggest that urban … national growth. Given these trade-offs, we conclude that the urbanization's benefits argue against an agro …

during the rural transition process in China, using a case study of quickly urbanizing and industrializing Yinzhou district … in coastal Zhejiang province. Yinzhou's per capita GDP reached US$ 3100 in 2002, three times China's average, and is …

it would imply too high costs for fast growing economies like China. To quantify these costs we develop a general … increased urbanization raises the costs of carbon policies due to altered consumption patterns. …

In this paper, we use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to estimate how well China's urban areas absorb migrant workers … under the interaction of urbanization and industrialization. We applied an output-oriented BCC model to evaluate provincial … and regional rural labor absorption efficiency in mainland China. It appears that 4 out of 31 provinces and municipals are …

People's Republic of China (PRC), urbanization lags far behind industrialization. Institutional barriers against rural …This paper presents research findings on how urbanization enhances productivity and economic growth in both urban and … for rural development, urbanization has propelled agricultural productivity, rural income, and consumption levels …

Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries health care qualifies as a necessity in Pakistan. Urbanization and …