Beyond Urban Bias in Africa: Urbanization in an Era of Structural AdjustmentCurrey, 1994 - Počet stran: 294 This book focuses on whether African development has historically been weighted in favor of the urban areas, and the concern that the benefits - and imperatives - of urban development are being lost in current adjustment approaches. The authors argue that it is necessary to harness the financial and human resources of the city as part of a strategy to ensure greater and more widespread economic development. Beyond Urban Bias includes a detailed examination of the role and development of urban centers in Africa. It also investigates sources of changes in the growth of individual towns and in the structures of urban systems. It devotes attention to the role of rural-to-urban migration and its causes; the authors present theoretical and empirical investigations of neoclassical economic models, non-neoclassical economic models, and demographic cohort models of urbanization and urban wage and employment structures. Beyond Urban Bias also provides a detailed, critical analysis of the relationship between Africa's rapid urbanization and the present economic crisis, as well as an assessment of the impact of structural adjustment programs on Africa's urban future. |
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... estimates of the urban sector's share in GDP for a larger number of countries . These estimates are presented in Table 2.1 . Columns 4 and 5 of Table 2.1 assume that 75 percent of industrial activity is urban based , as is 50 percent of ...
... estimates of the urban sector's share in GDP for a larger number of countries . These estimates are presented in Table 2.1 . Columns 4 and 5 of Table 2.1 assume that 75 percent of industrial activity is urban based , as is 50 percent of ...
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... estimates are only very weakly positively cor- related ; they are within 10 percent of each other only in nine of twenty - four cases . This ... estimates II . Ledent's estimates Number of Cities Measures of Urban Concentration in Africa 65.
... estimates are only very weakly positively cor- related ; they are within 10 percent of each other only in nine of twenty - four cases . This ... estimates II . Ledent's estimates Number of Cities Measures of Urban Concentration in Africa 65.
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... estimated GDP gains from internal migration . He estimates sectoral stochastic frontier production functions using data from Peruvian regions , and obtains estimates of the marginal product of labor in each of Peru's regions . Such an ...
... estimated GDP gains from internal migration . He estimates sectoral stochastic frontier production functions using data from Peruvian regions , and obtains estimates of the marginal product of labor in each of Peru's regions . Such an ...
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Urban Centers in African Economies | 30 |
African City Systems and Urban Growth | 62 |
The Role of Migration in African Urbanization | 124 |
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