Can Cities or towns drive African development? Economywide analysis for Ethiopia and Uganda

World Development

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 113-123

  Dorosh, Paul ^a   Thurlow, James ^b  

^a International Food Policy Research Institute   (United States)

^b UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Africa; Economic growth; Poverty; Structural transformation; Urban agglomeration

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGRICULTURE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; POVERTY; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; URBANIZATION;

ETHIOPIA; UGANDA;

EID: 84905060019     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.10.014     Document Type: Article

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