2013
DOI: 10.1177/0956247813490908
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Urbanization and economic growth: the arguments and evidence for Africa and Asia

Abstract: The relationship between urbanization and development is a vital policy concern, especially in Africa and Asia. This paper reviews the arguments and evidence for whether rapid urban population growth can help to raise living standards. The main finding is that the development effects of urbanization and the magnitude of agglomeration economies are very variable. There is no simple linear relationship between urbanization and economic growth, or between city size and productivity. The potential of urbanization … Show more

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“…Despite this being the case, the Nigerian government appears to favor policies directed towards restricting rural to urban migration in order to alleviate the pressures posed by its rapid urban transition. Not only is this policy mismatch unlikely to achieve its intended goal of alleviating the pressures of rapid urban growth but it is also likely to work against the forces of economic development, while causing unnecessary harm to those who rely on migration as a livelihood strategy (Chen and Zlotnik 1994;Turok and McGranahan 2013).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Despite this being the case, the Nigerian government appears to favor policies directed towards restricting rural to urban migration in order to alleviate the pressures posed by its rapid urban transition. Not only is this policy mismatch unlikely to achieve its intended goal of alleviating the pressures of rapid urban growth but it is also likely to work against the forces of economic development, while causing unnecessary harm to those who rely on migration as a livelihood strategy (Chen and Zlotnik 1994;Turok and McGranahan 2013).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although urbanization is often associated with higher incomes, increased productivity and overall improvements in one's standard of living, the unprecedented pace and scale of the contemporary urban narrative unfolding in developing countries means that these outcomes are not guaranteed (Annez and Buckley 2009;Quigley 2009;Glaeser 2013). While urbanization is believed to have a role in the social and economic development of a country, this is only realized when the benefits that accrue from agglomeration economies outweigh the urban diseconomies (Turok and McGranahan 2013;Glaeser and Xiong 2017). All too often, however, governments are unaware of the dynamics underpinning the urbanization process, resulting in misaligned policies and poorly targeted interventions.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Before instigating a major urban reform agenda, the political starting point of Africa as an urban continent had to be affirmed. While it may be that Glaeser's (2000) hyperbolic talk about cities as engines of growth has some merit, the reality is that not until poverty in Africa is acknowledged by national governments as urban and not just rural that the consensus needed to change the spatial development trajectory will be unleashed (Turok, 2016(Turok, , 2013Turok & McGranahan, 2013).…”
Section: Africa In the Habitat Agenda -Taking Stockmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This shift embodies an increased focus on the material rather than the affective, the macro rather than the micro, and the state rather than civil society. Specifically, African urban infrastructural research has moved away from the individual or community experience of poverty to highlight the pervasive and negative impacts of neoliberalism and tribalism (Beall, Parnell, & Albertyn, 2015;Goodfellow & Lindemann, 2013), the global interconnectivity of regimes of infrastructure service delivery (Turok & McGranahan, 2013), and the importance of technology innovation (Etzo & Collender, 2010;Silver, 2014). Crucially, the new post-structural urban research on planning, building and managing African cities ruptures the notion of informality by demonstrating the fiscal, physical and institutional linkages across infrastructural and service value chain (Jaglin, 2014;Silver, 2014;Turok, 2016) and opportunities for the decarbonization of new provision (Hodson, Marvin, Robinson, & Swilling, 2012;Silver, 2015;Swilling, Robinson, Marvin, & Hodson, 2013).…”
Section: Infrastructure and Service Delivery -African Frontiers Of Inmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Many people, from a youth who is starting a new career and family, or those living in urban areas including from the middle-income group are affected by this difficulty [2]. Moreover, due to urbanization process, the development and expansion of major cities affects the economy of the nation [3]. In Malaysia, most of the population nowadays had migrated and lived in urban areas and that brings huge challenges towards the provision of affordable housing [4].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%