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Book Chapter
– A Case-Study from Can Tho, Vietnam
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
– Assessing the Impact on Housing Improvements and Health
From the book:
Latin American Urban Development into the 21st Century
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– Impact on Housing Improvements and Health
This study examines the programme Redes Solidarias, a public-private initiative that connected to natural pipelined gas 4,000 households in the Great Buenos Aires Area during 2005. The main features of the institutional framework are described and the main results of an impact estimation analysis...
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– Evidence from Brazil, 1995-2000
During the twentieth century, internal migration and urbanization shaped Brazil’s economic and social landscape. Cities grew tremendously, while immigration participated in the rapid urbanization process and the redistribution of poverty between rural and urban areas. In 1950, about a third of...
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– Lessons from the Role of the Urban Sector in Argentina
International narratives on Argentina’s recovery from the crisis of 2001-02 tend to emphasize the role of rising commodity prices and growing demand from China. Argentina is said to have been ‘lucky’, saved by global demand for its agricultural exports. The international narrative has also been used...
Journal Article
– African Development in an Urban World
Part of Journal Special Issue
African Development in an Urban World
Journal Article
– Some Policy Implications of Geography
Part of Journal Special Issue
African Development in an Urban World
Journal Article
Part of Journal Special Issue
African Development in an Urban World
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– Effects of Household Perceptions, Illness, and Environmental Pollution on Clean Water Investment
Recent efforts to reinvigorate the connections between urban planning and health have usefully brought the field back to one of its original roles. Current research, however, has focused on industrialized cities, overlooking some of the important urbanization processes in poor countries. This paper...
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– How Targeting Has Left out the Poor in Peripheral Cities in the Philippines
Constrained by resource limitations and challenged by the increasing incidence of poverty in the country, the Philippine government embarked on an anti-poverty programme that sought to identify where the poorest people were, what were their specific needs, and how government and other stakeholders...
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– A Case Study of India
South Asia has the highest rate of child malnutrition in the world, despite rapid economic growth compared to other regions such as sub-Saharan Africa. Known as the ‘South Asian enigma’ this feature is partly attributed to the low status of women in South Asian societies. This paper examines this...
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– Towards a New Measure of Urban Concentration
A common challenge in analyzing urbanization is the data. The United Nations (UN) compiles information on urbanization (urban population and its share of total national population) that is reported by various countries but there is no standardized definition of ‘urban’, resulting in inconsistencies...
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– Challenges and Opportunities
Many cities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America face serious problems managing their wastes. Two of the major problems are the insufficient collection and inappropriate final disposal of wastes. Despite spending increasing resources, many cities – particularly in Africa and Asia – collect less than...
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– Data, Measures, and Trends
This paper examines data on urbanization. We review the most commonly used data sources, and highlight the difficulties inherent in defining and measuring the size of urban versus rural populations. We show that differences in the measurement of urban populations across countries and over time are...
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