The Role of Rural–Urban Migration in the Structural Transformation of Sub-Saharan Africa

Brauw, Alan de; Mueller, Valerie; Lee, Hak Lim

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.10.013

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“…There are a number of reasons behind this including the green revolution [55,56], surplus labour [57], rural poverty [6], politics of land inheritance [58], Malthusian theory [14,16], natural or man-made disasters [59] and war and conflicts [50,60]. Rural push has largely been overlooked among the literature.…”

Section: Migration-an Economic Transformationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Rapid Urban Growth Triad: A New Conceptual Framework for Examining the Urban Transition in Developing Countries

Farrell

2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:Although the urban transition is a universal event that unfolds in all countries, the determinants, patterns, and outcomes do not necessarily follow a uniform process. With the urban transition being basically completed in developed countries around the turn of the 21st century, the growth of cities today is almost entirely confined to developing countries. Still, much of our conceptual understanding of this process is derived from earlier accounts, with definitions rooted in a historical context. This has resulted in common misconceptions such as a tendency to view the growth of cities primarily as an outcome of rural to urban migration, neglecting the growing contributions of urban natural population increase and reclassification of rural areas. A tendency to treat the components of urban growth in isolation has created a rift within the urban studies discourse, preventing any real theorization of their combined impacts and the interplay among them. Applying a systems thinking approach, this paper introduces a multidisciplinary framework for conceptualizing rapid urban growth in developing countries. The framework offers explanatory power to previously neglected components of urban growth and serves as a diagnostic for examining the urban transition-ultimately revealing new policy levers for managing it in a sustainable way.

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Section: Migration-an Economic Transformationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Rapid Urban Growth Triad: A New Conceptual Framework for Examining the Urban Transition in Developing Countries

Farrell

2017

Sustainability

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“…Indeed, the question has been asked why don't more people migrate out of Africa's rural areas and farms to cities and to non-farm occupations, given the large productivity dividend that such a re-allocation could result in? (De Brauw et al, 2014;Beegle et al, 2011) In section 3 I will introduce a theoretical model that illustrate how various frictions can hinder the reallocation of farmers (and migration to cities) and result in rural stagnation, and discuss the role of rural non-farm entrepreneurs (household enterprises) in this process. For now however, I discuss a number of frictions or obstacles to the reallocation of farmers to manufacturing and cities that have been identified in the literature.…”

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confidence: 99%

Entrepreneurship and the Reallocation of African Farmers

Naudé

2016

Agrekon

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“…4 One of the reasons for the relative paucity of studies on internal migration-especially in sub-Saharan Africa-is that nationally representative, multi-purpose household surveys often lack a distinct migration module (de Brauw, Mueller and Lee, 2014). If we are interested in living standards, as measured by consumption, income and/or wages, the relevant data sources become even scarcer, as "…many otherwise useful data sources lack direct measures of living standards…" (O'Donnell et al (2008: 71).…”

Section: Previous Research On Internal Migration With a Focus On Ethimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The literature here has mainly been focused on international migration, that is, looking at how individuals who leave their country of originfrequently migrating from developing to developed countries-fare in their "new" country, mostly in terms of employment and/or wages and incomes (Ajakaiye, Lucas and Karugia, 2006;Faini, de Melo and Zimmermann, 1999). Far less is known about internal migration within developing countries themselves, though recently there has been increased focus on this area of study (Beegle et al, 2011;de Brauw et al, 2014). 1 This paper examines the returns to migration in Ethiopia, examining a nationally representative household survey.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%