This paper challenges several common myths that cloud discourse about urban development in Africa. It finds that urbanization in the region is not excessive or imbalanced relative to the experience of other regions. Internal migration, which is not the main source of urban growth, does not account for urban poverty. Migration appears favorable on balance for sending and receiving areas, and population mobility benefits rural and urban households as...
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2006/08/30
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Other Urban Study
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2010/07/01
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The urban transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: implications for economic growth and poverty reduction
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Demographic and Health Survey
Citation
Kessides,C. Fallert.
The urban transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: implications for economic growth and poverty reduction (English). Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/657321468740136695