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At our 30th Anniversary Conference we took the chance to interview Martin Ravallion of Georgetown University—we asked him to discuss his recent work on extreme poverty, and to highlight what he believes the major challenges in this area will be over the next thirty years. This year Ravallion will...
Journal Article
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– Role of Land Reform and Demographic Changes
Part of Journal Special Issue
Land and Property Rights
Journal Article
This peer-reviewed research is available free of charge. UNU-WIDER believes that research is a global public good and supports Open Access.
Part of Journal Special Issue
Land and Property Rights
– Towards a Renewed Perspective on the City
According to UN-Habitat, Latin America is the most urbanized region in the world. Over three quarters of its population resided in cities at the turn of the twenty-first century, a proportion that is estimated will rise to almost 85 per cent by 2030. By comparison, just over 36 and 37 per cent of...
– Multidimensional Perspectives
The 20th century was one of rapid urbanization—that is urbanization by urban growth, and by rural-to-urban migration. By the dawn of the 21st century, for the first time in human history, more than half of the world’s population was living in urban areas. Demographic forecasts for the decades ahead...
Book Chapter
– Migration and Urbanization in Asia
From the book:
Urbanization and Development in Asia
Book Chapter
From the book:
Urbanization and Development in Asia
Book Chapter
– Negotiating Closed Doors and Windows of Opportunity
From the book:
Urbanization and Development in Asia
Book Chapter
– How Targeting has Left Out the Poor in Peripheral Cities in the Philippines
From the book:
Urbanization and Development in Asia
Book Chapter
– Improving Diagnosis and the Need to Shift the Understanding of Urban Inequality from Fixed Enclaves to Mobile Gradients
From the book:
Latin American Urban Development into the 21st Century
Book Chapter
– Participation, Politics, and Urban Segregation in Latin America
From the book:
Latin American Urban Development into the 21st Century
Book Chapter
– The Case of the Housing Movements of São Paulo
From the book:
Latin American Urban Development into the 21st Century
Book Chapter
– Assessing the Consequences of Allocation and Regulation Policy in Santiago de Chile’s Ferias Libres
From the book:
Latin American Urban Development into the 21st Century
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