The Rural To Urban Transition In Developing Countries

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Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821386409
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Farm to Firm written by and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The process of rural-urban transformation presents both opportunities and challenges for development. If managed effectively, it can result in growth that benefits everyone; if managed poorly, it can lead to stark welfare disparities and entire regions cut off from the advantages of agglomeration economies. The importance of rural-urban transition has been confirmed by two consecutive World Development Reports: WDR 2008 Agriculture for Development; and WDR 2009 Reshaping Economic Geography. Focusing on Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, this book picks up where the WDRs left off, investigating the influence of country conditions and policies on the pace, pattern, and consequences of rural-urban transition and suggesting strategies to ensure that its benefits results in shared improvements in well-being. The book uncovers vast inequalities, whether between two regions of one country, between rural and urban areas, or within cities themselves. The authors find little evidence to suggest that these inequalities will automatically diminish as countries develop: empirical and qualitative analysis suggests that spatial divides are mainly a function of country conditions, policies and institutions. By implication, policymakers must take active steps to ensure that rural-urban transition results in shared growth. Spatially unbiased provision of health and education services is crucial to ensuring that the benefits of transition are shared by all. But connective infrastructure and targeted interventions also emerge as important considerations, even in countries with severely constrained fiscal and administrative capacity. The authors suggest steps for navigating the tricky political economy of land reforms. And they alert readers to potential spillover effects that mean that policies designed for one space can have unintended consequences on another.Policymakers and development experts, as well as anyone concerned with the impact of rural-urban transition on growth and equity, will find this book a thought-provoking and informative read.

Author : Paul K C Liu
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000001970
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urbanization And Development written by Paul K C Liu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The growth and expansion of cities and the transition from a rural to an urban society are among the most critical links between population change and economic development. On the one hand, migration is one of the fundamental demographic processes associated with changes in the population of urban places; the changing distribution of population be

Author : Alden Speare
Publisher : Westview Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urbanization And Development written by Alden Speare and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1988-03-20 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Somik V. Lall
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rural-urban Migration in Developing Countries written by Somik V. Lall and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2006 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The migration of labor from rural to urban areas is an important part of the urbanization process in developing countries. Even though it has been the focus of abundant research over the past five decades, some key policy questions have not found clear answers yet. To what extent is internal migration a desirable phenomenon and under what circumstances? Should governments intervene and, if so, with what types of interventions? What should be their policy objectives? To shed light on these important issues, the authors survey the existing theoretical models and their conflicting policy implications and discuss the policies that may be justified based on recent relevant empirical studies. A key limitation is that much of the empirical literature does not provide structural tests of the theoretical models, but only provides partial findings that can support or invalidate intuitions and in that sense, support or invalidate the policy implications of the models. The authors' broad assessment of the literature is that migration can be beneficial or at least be turned into a beneficial phenomenon so that in general migration restrictions are not desirable. They also identify some data issues and research topics which merit further investigation. "--World Bank web site.

Author : Amrutha Mary Varkey
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000860469
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rural to Urban Transition in Developing Countries written by Amrutha Mary Varkey and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-04-10 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasing urbanisation and industrial development are occurring at the expense of shrinking forest cover and agricultural land in South Asia. Various land uses compete with each other, reducing forests and farmlands. This book addresses urbanisation and peri-urban land markets, with a special focus on Bangalore, one of the fastest growing cities in South Asia. It contributes to historic perspectives on the spatial transformation of peri-urban locales, as well as providing much-needed empirical evidence. The book discusses issues related to the context of peri-urban land use, land transactions, demand supply relationships and land prices in the peri-urban land market. The steep rise in land prices of the periphery, rapid changes in land use patterns, active land transactions, growth of the real estate market and the challenge to implement efficient land use regulations are explored with the help of field evidence. Insights and challenges to land administration addressed in this book are common to other metropolitan cities, and the key message is that a separate peri-urban land policy is required for the major metropolitan cities of India and other developing countries. The book contributes to the understanding of how these spatial markets function in order to work towards an improved implementation of land policy in the context of dynamic rural-urban periphery. As such, it will appeal to researchers, scholars and students of regional, urban and agricultural economics, economic geography, urban and regional planning and environmental science. It will also be of great interest to city planners and policy makers, action-based think tanks focused on urban governance.

Author : Kenny Lynch
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134513984
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rural-Urban Interaction in the Developing World written by Kenny Lynch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-11-10 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding the rural-urban interface -- Food -- Natural flows -- People -- Ideas -- Finance.

Author : Sudipto Mundle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rural-urban Transition in Viet Nam written by Sudipto Mundle and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bruno Losch
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821395130
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Structural Transformation and Rural Change Revisited written by Bruno Losch and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2012-06-18 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on new evidence from in-depth field surveys, this book addresses the unique situation of countries that remain deeply engaged in agriculture, and proposes a set of policy orientations which could facilitate the process of rural change.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264252274
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Development Centre Studies A New Rural Development Paradigm for the 21st Century A Toolkit for Developing Countries written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three billion people live in rural areas in developing countries. Conditions for them are worse than for their urban counterparts when measured by almost any development indicator, from extreme poverty, to child mortality and access to electricity and sanitation.

Author : John Friedmann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Urban Transition written by John Friedmann and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: