1. Overview of urban development in Africa / Albert Mafusire Nadege Desiree Yameogo and Mthulincube -- 2. Cities as drivers of development / Ivan Turok --3. Institutions, decentralisation and urban development / Edgar Pieterse and Warren Smit --4. Financing urban development in Africa / Beacon...

Efforts to get Sub-Saharan Africa back into the world economy through internationally-backed reforms have largely failed due to lack of institutions, suitable local conditions or ability to negotiate effectively for foreign aid. Powerful interests or dominant communities distorted attempts at...

An analysis of panel data on individuals in a random selection of urban households in Ethiopia reveals large, sustained, and unexplained earnings gaps between public and private, and formal and informal sectors over the period 1994-2004. The authors have no formal evidence whether these gaps...