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Can agricultural development programs improve health-related outcomes? We exploit a spatial discontinuity in the coverage of a large-scale agricultural extensionprogram in Uganda to causally identify its effects on malaria. We find that eligibility for the program reduced the proportion of household...
– 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...
Blog
– Linkages with Globalization and Migration
Lorraine Telfer-Taivainen The Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, Hungary, was the venue for the launch on 16 June 2012 of the just-published UNU-WIDER book Urbanization and Development in Asia: Multidimensional Perspectives, edited by Jo Beall, Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis, and Ravi Kanbur...
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– Migration and Urbanization in Asia
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Urbanization and Development in Asia
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Urbanization and Development in Asia
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– International Migration and the Global City
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Urbanization and Development in Asia
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Urbanization and Development in Asia
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Urbanization and Development in Asia
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Urbanization and Development in Asia
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– Can Colombo Prevent the Emerging Chaos?
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Urbanization and Development in Asia
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– Negotiating Closed Doors and Windows of Opportunity
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Urbanization and Development in Asia
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– A Case-Study from Can Tho, Vietnam
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Urbanization and Development in Asia
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