Biographical note: Esther Mwangi is a scientist in the Forests and Governance Program of the Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia. Helen Markelova is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Applied Economics of the University of Minnesota, St. Paul. Ruth Meinzen-Dick is...

Urbanization is the single most important transformation that the African continent will undergo this century. More than half of Africa's population will live in its cities by 2040. In the face of rapid urbanization, there is a narrow window of opportunity to harness the potential of cities as...

Urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is generally highlighted as a puzzle that deviates from the stylized facts in the literature. Using data from a panel of 29 urbanizing countries in SSA from 1985 to 2019, the study employs the two-step system generalized methods of moments to investigate...