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 …

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 …

Many cities in developing economies, particularly in Africa, are experiencing urbanization without industrialization …

continuous urbanization accompanied by a gradual phasing-in of urban land property rights over time. Today, however, the evidence … in many fast urbanizing low-income countries points towards a different trend of ?urbanization without formalization … dynamics of land property rights and urbanization. The calibrated baseline model describes a city that first grows informally …

Urbanization deserves urgent attention from policy makers, academics, entrepreneurs, and social reformers of all … stripes. Nothing else will create as many opportunities for social and economic progress. The urbanization project began …