Urbanization is a global phenomenon with strong sustainability implications across multiple
scales. We argue that much of the associated challenges, and opportunities, are found in the …

The world is becoming more and more urbanized at every income level, and there has been
a dramatic increase in the number of mega-cities in the developing world. This has led …

Persistent poverty, economic decay and lack of opportunities are at the root of considerable
discontent in declining and lagging-behind areas the world over. Poor development …

We document a strong positive relationship between natural resource exports and
urbanization in a sample of 116 developing nations over the period 1960–2010. In countries …

This paper analyses the impact of urbanization and trade openness on emissions and
energy intensity in twenty-two increasingly urbanized emerging economies. We employ …

Little is known about the extent and forces of path dependence in developing countries.
Colonial era railway construction in Kenya provides a natural experiment to study the …

My intention is to explain how rapid agricultural growth accelerates the economic
transformation to a modern economy and most important why it is the prime instrument for …

Developing countries have urbanized rapidly since 1950. To explain urbanization, standard
models emphasize rural–urban migration, focusing on rural push factors (agricultural …

This paper reviews the current state of literature on the impacts of urbanisation on rural
development in the context of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with special emphasis to the …

Policy makers and academics frequently emphasize a positive link between city size and
economic growth. The empirical literature on the relationship, however, is scarce and uses …