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Urbanisation in developing economies: building cities that work
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Abstract This paper reviews recent work on the economics of fast growing developing country cities, with a focus on Africa. It sets out some of the broad facts about African urbanisation and summarises two recent pieces of research work. The first argues that coordination failure can create multiple equilibr... view more
This paper reviews recent work on the economics of fast growing developing country cities, with a focus on Africa. It sets out some of the broad facts about African urbanisation and summarises two recent pieces of research work. The first argues that coordination failure can create multiple equilibria and divergent paths of development, some in which cities are internationally competitive and able to create jobs, others in which cities are stuck in a 'nono-tradables trap'. The second is a dynamic model of city growth, calibrated to changing patterns of land-use in Nairobi; the calibration suggests a very high cost of inefficient land use in the context of urban slums.... view less
Keywords
economic development (on national level); developing country; urbanization; urban development; population development; growth; land utilization; slum; Africa
Classification
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Economic and Social Geography
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 91-100
Journal
Region: the journal of ERSA, 5 (2018) 1
ISSN
2409-5370
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed