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Urban poverty: cities, slums, and the need for policy actionDeveloping countries will be predominantly urban by 2030...
Social mobility India UrbanizationBook Chapter
Informalities, volatility, and precarious social mobility in urban slumsFrom the book: Social mobility in developing countries
Informality Slums Social mobilityResearch Brief
Technology, tourism, malls, and metros: Promises and pitfalls of tradable services in AfricaThere is growing recognition around the world that tradable services can play a valuable role in economic development. Africa is no exception, with the need for multiple routes to growth, particularly vis-à-vis the COVID-19 pandemic...
Africa International trade South AfricaNews
Press Release: Top UN economists warn of crises of our own making if global “megatrends” left uncheckedTo avoid future failures, new report calls for overhaul of the way policies are made
Inequality Urbanization Climate changeWorking Paper
Building malls or metros?: South Africa’s exports of tradable urban services to the rest of AfricaService industries are increasingly important in international trade and offer additional paths to economic development. There are many opportunities to expand trade in services between South Africa and other African countries...
Africa International trade South AfricaWorking Paper
Will urbanization raise social mobility in the South, replicating the economic history of the West?As developing countries rapidly urbanize, the number of people living in ‘slums’—neighbourhoods lacking property rights and basic services—continues to increase...
Informality Slums Social mobilityBook Chapter
Foreign Aid, Urbanization and Green CitiesFrom the book: Aid Effectiveness for Environmental Sustainability
Sustainable development Urbanization Foreign aidVideo
Mitigation Policy in Carbon-Intensive EconomiesConference on Climate Change and Development Policy - Plenary 3
Mitigation policy Climate change IndustrializationJournal Article
The Rise of a Middle Class in East and Southern Africa: Implications for Food System TransformationPart of Journal Special Issue The Political Economy of Africa's Emergent Middle Class
Food supply UrbanizationJournal Article
Can Cities or Towns Drive African Development?: Economywide Analysis for Ethiopia and UgandaRapid urbanization is an important characteristic of African development and yet the structural transformation debate focuses on agriculture’s relative merits without also considering the benefits from urban agglomeration...
Economic development Gross national product PovertyWorking Paper
The Rise of a Middle Class in East and Southern Africa: Implications for Food System TransformationWe examine the implications of the rise of a middle class in East and Southern Africa for food consumption patterns and the food system...
Agriculture Econometric models (Economic development) MicroeconomicsJournal Article
Urban Service Delivery in Africa and the Role of International AssistancePart of Journal Special Issue Urban Governance and Service Delivery in sub-Saharan Africa
Local government Urban planning UrbanizationJournal Article
Strategies of Subversion in Vertically-Divided Contexts: Decentralisation and Urban Service Delivery in SenegalPart of Journal Special Issue Urban Governance and Service Delivery in sub-Saharan Africa
Government accountability Political science UrbanizationJournal Special Issue
Urban Governance and Service Delivery in sub-Saharan AfricaThis special issue comprises UNU-WIDER research focusing on key governance challenges related to addressing gaps in urban service delivery in sub-Saharan Africa...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Decision making (Public administration) Public goodsResearch Brief
Supporting Design of Green CitiesDevelopment of green cities is one way to help address problems associated with climate change...
Urban planning Economic assistance and foreign aid Sustainable developmentWorking Paper
Foreign Aid, Urbanization and Green CitiesRapid urbanization, and particularly the associated problems of urban poverty, unsustainable development and environmental degradation, pose an enormous challenge to many developing countries...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Sustainable development Urban planning