In this paper the impact of various agglomerative forces on employment growth in Ghanaian manufacturing is investigated … representative firm data that covers the formal and informal economy to investigate the impact of agglomerative forces on employment … employment growth in Ghanaian manufacturing, finding that there is no evidence that population density is associated with faster …

Developing countries have urbanized rapidly since 1950. To explain urbanization, standard models emphasize rural … developing countries? rapid urban growth and urbanization may also be linked to demographic factors, such as rapid internal urban … and displays strong associations with urban congestion, providing additional insight into the phenomenon of urbanization …

The trend toward ever greater urbanization continues unabated across the globe. According to the United Nations, by …

This paper examines the effects of urbanization on development and growth. It begins with a labor market perspective …

For a long time, the urbanization and development discourse has coincided with a focus on economic growth and big … cities. Yet, much of the world's new urbanization is taking place in smaller urban entities (towns), and the composition of … urbanization may well bear on the speed of poverty reduction. This paper reviews the latter question within the context of Tanzania …

period is the collapse in the number of farming jobs without a parallel emergence of other employment opportunities … considered suitable for women. The paper develops a novel approach to capture the structure of employment at the village or town … misclassification of urban areas as rural, as a result of household surveys lagging behind India?s rapid urbanization process. The …