On the urbanization of poverty

By M. Ravallion. 2002

230 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Sociology and Political Science, Urban Studies

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In Sociology and Political Science

1. Yasuyuki Todo
2. J. Battersby
3. J. Weerdt
4. Antonio Estache
5. L. Christiaensen
6. Stefan Dercon
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In Urban Studies

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Citations in the corpus

• New Evidence on the Urbanization of Global Poverty (2007, unknown): “Drawing on evidence from this type of data, Ravallion (2002) estimates that 68% of the developing world’s poor live in rural areas.”
• The effect of education on household food security in two informal urban settlements in Kenya: a longitudinal analysis (2016, background): “The situation is complicated by the fact that in SSA, it is the ‘urbanisation of poverty’, unlike in high income countries where urbanization was associated with diversification and transformation from agriculture to manufacturing and macro-economic growth (Obeng-Odoom 2010; Otto 2008; Ravallion 200”
• Urbanization and poverty reduction - the role of rural diversification and secondary towns (2013, background): “9 Theoretical expositions by Anand and Kanbur (1985), Ravallion (2002) and Fields (2005) and an initial empirical exploration by Ravallion, Chen and Sangraula (2007) are notable exceptions.”
• Current Debates on Infrastructure Policy (2007, unknown): “Indeed, while the poor urbanize faster than the rich, a majority of poor people will still live in rural areas long after most people in the developing world live in urban areas (Ravallion 2002).”
• Emerging infrastructure policy issues in developing countries - a survey of the recent economic literature (2004, unknown): “More generally, experiences across countries suggest that a majority of poor people will still live in rural areas long after most people in the developing world live in urban areas (Ravallion 2002).”
• Urban food insecurity in Cape Town, South Africa: An alternative approach to food access (2011, background): “The proportion of poor populations living in urban areas is increasing worldwide, not only because the poor urbanise faster than the non-poor (Ravallion, 2002:442) but also because conditions in many urban areas are driving many urban residents into poverty (Mehta, 2000).”
• Infrastructure: A survey of recent and upcoming issues (2006, background): “10 See Easterly and Serven (2003) for instance.”