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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    May, 2014
    Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

    This paper focuses on three interrelated questions on urbanization and the geography of development. First, although we herald cities with their industrial bases as "engines of growth," does industrialization in fact drive urbanization? While such relationships appear in the data, the process is not straightforward. Among developing countries, changes in income or industrialization correlate only weakly with changes in urbanization. This suggests that policy and institutional factors may also influence the urbanization process.

  2. Library Resource
    August, 2014
    Egypt

    The objective of this paper is to
    present a succinct and up-to-date review of the urban sector
    in Egypt, with a focus on issues for which there is new
    insight or emerging government interest. The two main themes
    of the report are the challenges facing the urban sector and
    the policy implications at various levels of government.
    Some of the reports mains findings are: urbanization in
    Egypt takes on forms and processes which are not well

  3. Library Resource
    April, 2014
    Pakistan

    Cities' development matters to
    Pakistan. It is central to economic growth, job creation and
    quality of life. This is also one of the core themes in the
    2011 Government of Pakistan Framework for Economic Growth
    (FEG). This paper explores the conditions for
    growth-enhancing spatial change in Pakistan s cities.
    Cities' development matters to Pakistan. Two strands of
    analysis are developed. First, it reviews the performance

  4. Library Resource
    May, 2014

    The paper explores whether one of the
    largest programs in the world for women's empowerment
    and rural livelihoods, the Indira Kranti Patham in Andhra
    Pradesh, India, has had an impact on the economic and social
    wellbeing of households that participate in the program. The
    analysis usespanel data for 4,250 households from two rounds
    of a survey conducted in 2004 and 2008 in five districts.
    Propensity score matching was used to construct control

  5. Library Resource
    April, 2014

    This paper focuses on several
    interrelated key questions on the geography of development.
    Although we herald cities with their industrial bases as
    'engines of growth,' does industrialization in
    fact drive urbanization?1 What economic activities do cities
    of different sizes undertake? Does this change as countries
    develop? If so, what are the policy implications? Do
    development policies have a big-city bias? If so, what does

  6. Library Resource
    December, 2014

    Rapid urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa
    places immense pressure on urban services to meet the needs
    of the burgeoning urban population. Although several
    country- or city-level reports offer insight into the
    housing challenges of specific places, little is known about
    regional patterns affecting housing markets. This lack of
    clear knowledge on the relative importance of the factors
    influencing households' housing demand in countries in

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