Secondary towns and poverty reduction : refocusing the urbanization agenda (English)

This review is framed around the exploration of a central hypothesis: A shift in public investment toward secondary towns from big cities will improve poverty reduction performance. Of course the hypothesis raises many questions. What exactly is the dichotomy of secondary towns versus big cities? What is the evidence for the contribution of secondary towns versus cities to poverty reduction? What are the economic mechanisms for such a differential...

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Christiaensen,Luc;

Kanbur,Ravi;
Document Date
2016/11/23
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Policy Research Working Paper
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WPS7895
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1
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1
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World,
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Other,
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2016/11/23
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Disclosed
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Secondary towns and poverty reduction : refocusing the urbanization agenda
Keywords
development policy

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Christiaensen,Luc; Kanbur,Ravi.

Secondary towns and poverty reduction : refocusing the urbanization agenda (English). Paper is funded by the Strategic Research Program (SRP)|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7895 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/721621479913777692

Secondary towns and poverty reduction : refocusing the urbanization agenda (English)

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