This chapter on urbanization and growth focuses on modeling and empirical evidence that pertain to a number of inter … level of individual cities. In the early stages of growth, economic development is characterized by urbanization – a spatial … aspects of the transformation? In any static, growth, or development–urbanization context, how do governance, institutions …

Urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is generally highlighted as a puzzle that deviates from the stylized facts in …-step system generalized methods of moments to investigate the effect of urbanization on the Poverty Headcount ratio and Poverty … Gap. The estimated urbanization elasticities of poverty indicate that at growth rates, a 1 percentage point increase in …

Young women outnumber young men in cities in many countries during periods of economic growth and urbanization. This … cities when urbanization creates more economic opportunities and an abundance of high-income marriage-age men. …