Poverty reduction during the rural-urban transformation - The role of the missing middle

Luc Christiaensen; Yasuyuki Todo

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.10.002

Poverty reduction during the rural-urban transformation - The role of the missing middle

Luc Christiaensen, Yasuyuki Todo^*

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As countries develop, they restructure away from agriculture and urbanize. But structural transformation and urbanization patterns differ substantially, with some countries fostering migration out of agriculture into rural off farm activities and secondary towns, and others undergoing rapid agglomeration in mega cities. Using cross-country panel data for developing countries spanning 1980-2004, it is found that migration out of agriculture into the missing middle (rural nonfarm economy and secondary towns) yields more inclusive growth patterns and faster poverty reduction than agglomeration in mega cities. This suggests that patterns of urbanization deserve much more attention when striving for faster poverty reduction.

本文言語	English
ページ（範囲）	43-58
ページ数	16
ジャーナル	World Development
巻	63
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.10.002
出版ステータス	Published - 2014 11月
外部発表	はい

ASJC Scopus subject areas

地理、計画および開発
開発
社会学および政治科学
経済学、計量経済学

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