Why secondary towns can be important for poverty reduction – a migrant’s perspective : Why secondary towns Can Be important for poverty reduction – a migrant’s perspective (English)

This paper develops the concept of ‘action space’ as the range of possible destinations to which a migrant can realistically move at a given point in time and, intimately linked to this, the set of possible livelihoods at destination. It shows how this space expands and contracts over time through ‘cumulative causation.’ Such a dynamic framework allows for appreciating the role of secondary towns in rural-urban migration and poverty reduction. Secondary...

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Ingelaere,Bert Lodewijk M;

Christiaensen,Luc;

De Weerdt,Joachim;

Kanbur,Ravi;
Document Date
2018/02/13
Document Type
Working Paper (Numbered Series)
Report Number
123464
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2018/02/16
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Why secondary towns Can Be important for poverty reduction – a migrant’s perspective
Keywords
migrant

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

Why secondary towns can be important for poverty reduction – a migrant’s perspective : Why secondary towns Can Be important for poverty reduction – a migrant’s perspective (English). Jobs Working Paper|no. 12 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/667501518769513038

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