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
2017/09/13
Report Number
WPS8193
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Tanzania,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2017/09/13
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
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 (English). Paper is funded by the Strategic Research Program (SRP)|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8193 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/788721505317450769

Why secondary towns can be important for poverty reduction -- a migrant's perspective (English)

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