The Effects of Natural Resources on Urbanization, Concentration, and Living Standards in Africa

Ebeke, Christian; Etoundi, Sabine Mireille Ntsama

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.03.026

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“…For instance, Barrios, Bertinelli, and Strobl () and Henderson, Storeygard, and Deichmann (), suggest that decreasing levels of rainfall and climate change have led to urbanization in late 20th century Africa as lower rainfall leads to lower agricultural employment, leading rural residents to migrate to urban areas . Ebeke and Etoundi (), Gollin, Jedwab, and Vollrath (2015) and Jedwab () also focus on explaining Africa's experience of urbanization without economic growth, which they argue has been driven by natural resource rents, exports, and a sectoral shift from agriculture into nontradable sectors. Finally, Poelhekke () shows a correlation between agricultural risk (as measured by standard deviations of agricultural produce) and urban population growth, even in areas with little to no economic growth…”

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Urbanization and mortality decline

Bandyopadhyay

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2018

Journal of Regional Science

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We investigate the relationship between mortality decline and urbanization, which has hitherto been proposed by demographers but has yet to be tested rigorously in a global context. Using cross‐national panel data, we find evidence of a robust negative correlation between crude death rates and urbanization. The use of instrumental variables suggest that this relationship is causal, while historical data from the early 20th century suggest that this relationship holds in earlier periods as well. Finally, we find robust evidence that mortality decline is correlated with urbanization through the creation of new cities rather than promoting urban growth in already‐extant cities.

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Urbanization and mortality decline

Bandyopadhyay

Green

2018

Journal of Regional Science

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“…This is because efficient management of natural resources largely depends on the development and management of available human resources. However, the poor management of these two important resources has led to critical economic situations reflected in high rate of unemployment, underemployment, high crime rate, hunger and malnutrition in many African countries (Ali & Zulfiqar, 2018;Ebeke & Etoundi, 2017;Maldonado & Stanislao, 2015) which calls for urgent policy action.…”

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Impact of Agricultural Programs on Youth Engagement in Agribusiness in Nigeria: A Case Study

Adeyanju¹,

Mburu²,

Mignouna³

2020

JAS

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Using the case of Fadama Graduate Unemployed Youth and Women Support (FGUYS) program, this study assessed the impact of agricultural programs on youth engagement in agribusiness in Nigeria. A total of 977 respondents comprising of 455 participants of the program and 522 non-participants were sampled across three states in Nigeria. Data were analysed using Descriptive and Endogenous Switching Probit Regression (ESPR) Model. The result showed that participation in the program was influenced by age, years of formal education, perception of agricultural programs and type of employment. Furthermore, the results showed a positive impact of the program on youths’ likelihood to engage in agribusiness. The study recommends the need to invest more in agricultural programs such as the case study since it has desirable economic outcome for young people. Also, there is a need to improve the general outlook of agriculture such that it becomes more attractive to young people.

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“…Natural resources [20], economic [21], infrastructure, and population [22] are commonly considered to be the driving forces in research on the regional urban spatial imbalance. Jones and Henderson [23] demonstrated that the distribution of emerging industries would further expand the gap of urban spatial expansion size between the relatively prosperous coastal zone and the industrial hinterland in the Cardiff City-Region in South Wales.…”

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Unbalanced Development Characteristics and Driving Mechanisms of Regional Urban Spatial Form: A Case Study of Jiangsu Province, China

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Unbalanced regional development is widespread, and the imbalance of regional development in developing countries with rapid urbanization is increasingly apparent. This threatens the sustainable development of the region. Promoting the coordinated development of the region has become a hot spot of scientific research and a major practical need. Taking 99 counties of Jiangsu Province China, a typical coastal plain region, as the basic research unit, this paper explores the unbalanced development characteristics of the regional urban spatial form using three indicators: urban spatial expansion size, development intensity, and distribution aggregation degree. Then, their driving mechanisms were evaluated using spatial autocorrelation analysis, Pearson correlation analysis, linear regression, and geographically weighted regression. Our results found that the areas with larger urban spatial expansion size and development intensity were mainly concentrated in southern Jiangsu, where there was a positive spatial correlation between them. We found no agglomeration phenomenon in urban spatial distribution aggregation degree. From the perspective of driving factors: economics was the main driving factor of urban spatial expansion size; urbanization level and urbanization quality were the main driving factors of urban spatial development intensity. Natural landform and urbanization level are the main driving factors of urban spatial distribution aggregation degree. Finally, we discussed the optimization strategy of regional coordinated development. The quality of urbanization development and regional integration should be promoted in Southern Jiangsu. The level of urbanization development should be improved relying on rapid transportation to develop along the axis in central Jiangsu. The economic size should be increased, focusing on the expansion of the urban agglomeration in northern Jiangsu. This study will enrich the perspective of research on the characteristics and mechanisms of regional urban spatial imbalance, and helps to optimize and regulate the imbalance of regional urban development from multiple perspectives.

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The Effects of Natural Resources on Urbanization, Concentration, and Living Standards in Africa

Cited by 56 publications

References 22 publications

Urbanization and mortality decline

Urbanization and mortality decline

Impact of Agricultural Programs on Youth Engagement in Agribusiness in Nigeria: A Case Study

Unbalanced Development Characteristics and Driving Mechanisms of Regional Urban Spatial Form: A Case Study of Jiangsu Province, China

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