The urban transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: implications for economic growth and poverty reduction

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Economic growth, size of the agricultural sector, and urbanization in Africa (2011, background): “Economically, this differential effect on the agricultural value added share of changes in the agricultural and natural resource commodities is plausible as an increase in the agricultural commodity prices increases the relative return in the agricultural sector while an increase in 7 See for exampl”
The Crisis of Food Insecurity in African Cities (2012, background): “Why, then, is the prevalence of undernutrition shockingly high in that country?(8,9) And why do governments, international agencies, and foreign donors insist that increasing agricultural production by small farmers will solve food insecurity in Africa, even in countries like South Africa where two ”
Urban food insecurity and the new international food security agenda (2011, background): “By 2030, Africa will have a larger urban than rural population (579 million versus 552 million) (Kessides, 2005) (see Figure 2).”