The future of African cities : challenges and priorities for urban development (English)

The massive migration of people from rural into urban areas is the most spectacular gemographic upheaval that Africa has experienced in recent decades. While Africa was 80 percent rural at the time of independence, its rate of urbanization now stands at 50 percent, and the trend is expected to continue over the coming years. This book surveys 25 years of experience in the urban development sector in Francophone Africa and suggests an agenda for future...

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Farvacque-Vitkovic, Catherine;

Godin, Lucien;
Document Date
1998/08/31
Document Type
Publication
Report Number
18408
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Benin, Chad, Mauritania, Cote d'Ivoire, Togo, Madagascar, Mali, Central African Republic, Gabon, Niger, Rwanda, Djibouti, Senegal, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Seychelles, Congo, Republic of, Congo, Democratic Republic of, Guinea, Mauritius, Burundi,
Region
Middle East and North Africa, Western And Central Africa, Eastern And Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Doc Name
The future of African cities : challenges and priorities for urban development
Keywords
Small and Medium Scale Enterprise

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Farvacque-Vitkovic, Catherine; Godin, Lucien.

The future of African cities : challenges and priorities for urban development (English). Directions in development Washington, D.C. : The World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/922471468773970074

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