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Foreword | p. xiii |
Acknowledgments | p. xv |
Overview | p. 1 |
WDR 2008 and WDR 2009: Rural and Urban Perspectives on Transformation | p. 1 |
Building on the WDRs: Our Work Program | p. 7 |
Main Findings | p. 9 |
References | p. 11 |
Global, National, and Local Perspectives on Urbanization and Inclusive Growth: Examples from Africa | p. 13 |
Urbanization: Essential for Development | p. 15 |
Urbanization and Inequality | p. 17 |
Why Africa? | p. 18 |
Organization of Part I | p. 21 |
Notes | p. 22 |
References | p. 23 |
Global Level: Recent Patterns and Trends in Rural and Urban Welfare Inequality | p. 25 |
Sources of Data | p. 28 |
Methods | p. 30 |
Results | p. 32 |
The Elusive Quest for Patterns | p. 44 |
Conclusion | p. 47 |
Notes | p. 48 |
References | p. 49 |
National Level: Three Country-Level Perspectives on Rural-Urban Transitions | p. 51 |
Structural and Spatial Transformations in Ghana, Mozambique, and Uganda | p. 52 |
Rural and Urban Poverty Trends | p. 57 |
Sources of Rural-Urban Inequalities | p. 64 |
Methodology | p. 65 |
Results | p. 66 |
Implications for Policy | p. 73 |
Notes | p. 76 |
References | p. 77 |
Local Level: Intraurban Welfare Disparities and Implications for Development | p. 79 |
Growing Cities | p. 80 |
Lower Poverty, Better Services | p. 81 |
Welfare Inequalities | p. 82 |
Welfare Differences: Linked to Location | p. 88 |
Understanding Spatial Inequalities | p. 90 |
The Colonial Legacy | p. 91 |
Failure to Strengthen Systems for Land Delivery | p. 92 |
Conclusion | p. 100 |
Notes | p. 102 |
References | p. 102 |
Managing the Rural-Urban Transformation: Examples from South Asia | p. 107 |
Pathways Out of Poverty: Managing the Rural-Urban Transformation in South Asia | p. 109 |
Note | p. 111 |
References | p. 112 |
Patterns of Rural-Urban Transformation in South Asia | p. 113 |
Poverty Incidence and Geographical Distribution | p. 114 |
Contribution of Agriculture to Growth and Employment | p. 115 |
Urbanization, Nonagricultural Activities, and the Rural-Urban Transformation | p. 118 |
Rural Nonfarm Activities and the Rural-Urban Transformation | p. 120 |
Conclusion | p. 121 |
Notes | p. 122 |
References | p. 123 |
Policies, Institutions, and Initial Conditions | p. 125 |
Economic Policies | p. 125 |
Factor Markets: Land and Labor | p. 128 |
Human Capital Endowments | p. 131 |
Connective Infrastructures | p. 134 |
Conclusion | p. 138 |
Notes | p. 139 |
References | p. 139 |
Land Market Institutions and the Rural-Urban Transformation | p. 141 |
Impact of Land Inequality: The Existing Evidence | p. 141 |
Impact of Land Market Restrictions: The Existing Evidence | p. 147 |
Summary of Case Studies and Policy Implications | p. 154 |
Notes | p. 156 |
References | p. 156 |
Geographical Linkages and the Rural-Urban Transformation | p. 159 |
Poverty, Urbanization, and Employment Structure along the Rural-Urban Continuum | p. 159 |
The Rural Employment Pattern and Urban Linkages | p. 163 |
Agglomeration, Spillover, and Location of Nonfarm Activities | p. 165 |
Notes | p. 171 |
References | p. 172 |
Labor Mobility and the Rural-Urban Transformation | p. 175 |
Internal Migration in South Asia | p. 177 |
Internal Work Migration in Nepal | p. 178 |
Destination Choice of Migrants | p. 184 |
Notes | p. 188 |
References | p. 189 |
Summary and Conclusions | p. 191 |
Three Levels of Perspectives on Urbanization and Shared Growth: Sub-Saharan Africa | p. 191 |
Managing the Rural-Urban Transformation: Examples from South Asia | p. 195 |
Note | p. 200 |
References | p. 200 |
Countries and Surveys Used for Consumption and Poverty Analysis | p. 201 |
Data, Methodology, and Results for Decomposition Analysis | p. 205 |
Data | p. 205 |
Model Specification | p. 206 |
Oaxaca-Blinder Decomposition | p. 207 |
Quantile Decomposition | p. 208 |
Note | p. 221 |
References | p. 221 |
Index | p. 223 |
Boxes | |
Country-Level Policy Recommendations Derived from the WDRs | p. 5 |
Defining Urban | p. 16 |
Are Rural-Urban Welfare Differences Shrinking or Growing? | p. 27 |
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