Is there a metropolitan bias? The relationship between poverty and city size in a selection of developing countries

Autor: Celine Ferre, Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Peter Lanjouw

Publikováno v: World Bank Economic Review, 26(3):lhs007, 351-382. Oxford University Press
Ferré, C, Ferreira, F H G & Lanjouw, P 2012, ' Is there a metropolitan bias? The relationship between poverty and city size in a selection of developing countries ', World Bank Economic Review, vol. 26, no. 3, lhs007, pp. 351-382 . https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhs007

This paper provides evidence from eight developing countries of an inverse relationship between poverty and city size. Poverty is both more widespread and deeper in very small and small towns than in large or very large cities. This basic pattern is

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Ghana Work Program (FY15) : Poverty and Inequality Profile

Autor: World Bank

Since 1991 the national poverty rate of Ghana has more than halved. The estimated national headcount poverty ratio fell by 31.2 percentage points from 52.6 percent in 1991 to 21.41 percent in 2012. Heterogeneity of poverty outcomes is, however, high

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Rural Poverty

Autor: Dercon, Stefan

Poverty is still a predominantly rural phenomenon. However, the context of rural poverty has been changing across the world, with high growth in some economies and stagnation in others. Furthermore, increased openness in many economies has affected t

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