Urbanization, Rural–urban Migration and Urban Poverty

Linkages between Urbanization, Rural–Urban Migration and Poverty Outcomes in Africa

Working Paper Series on Rural-Urban Interactions and Livelihood Strategies WORKING PAPER 12 Rural-urban migration in China: policy options for economic growth, environmental sustainability and equity

In China, as in many other countries undergoing rapid economic growth, increasing socio-economic inequalities and environmental damage are the main threats to sustainable urbanization. Drawing on international experiences, this paper describes the key issues in urban change in China and identifies the types of policy approaches that could support more sustainable urbanization. Urbanization and ...

Migration objectives and their fulfillment: A micro study of the rural-urban migrants of the slums of Dhaka city

Rural-Urban migration plays an important role in poverty reduction and economic development. In Bangladesh rural-urban migration is the most important factor for rapid urbanization with urban slums being a popular destination for poor rural-urban migrants. More than 15 million people live in the slums of six divisional cities of Bangladesh. Capital Dhaka alone contains about 3.4 million people ...

Rural-urban migration and socioeconomic development in Ghana: some discussions.

This article presents a discussion of rural-urban migration as a source of social and behavioral change in Ghana. It explores the extent to which the urban social environment in Ghana generates conflicts for migrants with a different value orientation and the degree of influence of the urban social environment on migrants' behavior. The first part of the discussion focuses on the nature of Gh...

Issues and Dynamics: Urban Systems in Developing East Asia Philippines Level and Rates of Urbanization

The Philippines is 52% urbanized (ADB figure, the UN estimate is 59%), this percentage is expected to increase to 60% in 2010. The urban population grew very rapidly at an annual rate of close to 5% from 1960 to 1995, but has since slowed to approximately 3% annually. Given relatively slow economic development over the last three decades (relative to East Asian norms), the level of urbanization...