Migrants, towns, poverty and jobs : insights from Tanzania (English)

For a long time, the urbanization and development discourse has coincided with a focus on economic growth and big cities. Yet, much of the world's new urbanization is taking place in smaller urban entities (towns), and the composition of urbanization may well bear on the speed of poverty reduction. This paper reviews the latter question within the context of Tanzania. It starts from the observation that migration to towns contributed much more to...

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Christiaensen,Luc;

De Weerdt,Joachim;

Ingelaere,Bert Lodewijk M;

Kanbur,Ravi;
Document Date
2018/02/14
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8340
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Tanzania,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2018/02/14
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Migrants, towns, poverty and jobs : insights from Tanzania
Keywords
Policy Research Working Papers

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Christiaensen,Luc; De Weerdt,Joachim; Ingelaere,Bert Lodewijk M; Kanbur,Ravi.

Migrants, towns, poverty and jobs : insights from Tanzania (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8340 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/613771518633294230

Migrants, towns, poverty and jobs : insights from Tanzania (English)

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