This paper focuses on three interrelated questions on urbanization and the geography of development. First, although we herald cities with their industrial bases as "engines of growth," does industrialization in fact drive urbanization? While such relationships appear in the data, the process is not straightforward. Among developing countries, changes in income or industrialization correlate only weakly with changes in urbanization. This suggests...
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2014/05/01
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS6877
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2014/05/01
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Disclosed
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Urbanization and the geography of development
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rate of return to capital