Urbanization and development in sub-Saharan Africa

Njoh, Ambe J.

doi:10.1016/s0264-2751(03)00010-6

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“…This conclusion contradicts earlier findings by (Njoh 2003) which stated that urbanisation and development in sub Saharan regions are positively linked as measured in terms of Human Development Index (HDI). While Njoh (2003) used health, knowledge and living standards to illustrate his point, Odhiambo and Manda (2003) showed that being urban poor does not guarantee access to these services.…”

Section: Colonialism Urban Disenfranchisement and Right To The City contrasting

confidence: 99%

“…This view is also supported by Polese (1997), Njoh (2003), World Bank Report (2009. In its 2009 World Developmental Report, the World Bank asserts that Africa's urbanization reflects industrialization.…”

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confidence: 65%

“…Colonialists for instance crafted policies that prevented Africans from accessing the cities under the guise of controlling crime and promoting balanced development between rural and urban whose real intention however was segregation in the form of preserving the 'white' character of the city (Njoh 2003). The few Africans who were allowed in the city served as labourers in construction of the railway, roads, home guards, cooks, maids and other unskilled jobs for white settlers.…”

Section: Colonialism Urban Disenfranchisement and Right To The City mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Kenya's economic path after colonialism was a laissez-faire approach with emphasis on African capitalism and socialism focussing on economic growth rather than equity (Nugent 2004). In his book Devil on the Cross (wa Thiong'o 1987) dramatically captures the moment thus as illustrated by Njoh (2003); I thought I should go to the capital of Kenya to look for work. Why?…”

Section: Colonialism Urban Disenfranchisement and Right To The City mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Urbanization in the developing world has often been examined through the modernization theory (Morgan 1969) ;Harris 1990; (Njoh 2003;World Bank Report 2009) This view argues that rural immigrants are pulled to urban areas by relatively high industrial wages (Bradshaw 1988). However, this pull factor is due to the 'perceived' and not actual wage difference between urban and rural areas (Todaro 1989).…”

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Urbanization in Kenya and perhaps in subSaharan Africa can be described as prescriptive rather than organic. We posit that this prescriptive urbanization can be checked and balanced by employing the governance model of devolution and rural capacity. We first review competing views on urbanization in Kenya during the colonial and postcolonial era and its contribution to disenfranchising both urban and rural inhabitants. We then examine devolution in Kenya through the lens of Lefebvre's theory of production of space and the right to the city, enabling us to contextualize and redefine 'the right to the city'. In the second part we analyze the potential of rural capacity in Malaysia to absorb a large influx of return immigrants and demonstrates how they have adapted and benefited from the prosperity of land in the face of diminishing energy resources and de-industrialization. We conclude that coupling devolution with rural capacity may hold the key to check rapid urbanization, especially in Kenya.

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Improving human development through urbanization, demographic dividend and biomass energy consumption

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2023

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The policy debate on the effects of urbanization, demographic dividend and biomass energy consumption on human development in Africa has long suffered from a scarcity of empirical evidence. This study, therefore, explores the relationship between urbanization, demographic dividend, biomass energy consumption and human development (measured by the human development index, human capital, life expectancy and infant mortality) in 33 African countries between 1990 and 2019. We employ Driscoll‐Kraay, instrumental variable and the panel quantile regression methods. We find that an increase in urbanization, demographic dividend and biomass energy consumption leads to a higher level of human development. Accounting for different facets of human development such as education (human capital) and health (life expectancy and infant mortality), the results show that urbanization and biomass energy consumption improve education and health. The results also show that while demographic dividend improves education and infant mortality, its effect on life expectancy is negative and significant. These findings are robust for reliable and consistent policy directives.

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Livelihood and Pluvial Flood: Case of Urban Poor in Dhaka City, Bangladesh

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Urbanization and development in sub-Saharan Africa

Cited by 150 publications

References 6 publications

Can devolution and rural capacity trigger de-urbanization? Case studies in Kenya and Malaysia respectively

Can devolution and rural capacity trigger de-urbanization? Case studies in Kenya and Malaysia respectively

Improving human development through urbanization, demographic dividend and biomass energy consumption

Livelihood and Pluvial Flood: Case of Urban Poor in Dhaka City, Bangladesh

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