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Migrants, Towns, Poverty and Jobs: Insights from Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorDe Weerdt, Joachim
dc.contributor.authorChristiaensen, Luc
dc.contributor.authorIngelaere, Bert
dc.contributor.authorKanbur, Ravi
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-16T19:32:40Z
dc.date.available2018-04-16T19:32:40Z
dc.date.issued2018-04-01
dc.description.abstractFor a long time, the urbanization and development discourse has coincided with a focus on economic growth and big cities. Yet, much of the world's new urbanization is taking place in smaller urban entities (towns), and the composition of urbanization may well bear on the speed of poverty reduction. This paper reviews the latter question within the context of Tanzania. It starts from the observation that migration to towns contributed much more to poverty reduction than migration to cities because many more (poor) rural migrants ended up in Tanzania's towns than its cities, despite larger welfare gains from moving to the city. Drawing on the findings from a series of studies, looking at this from different angles (theoretical and empirical, quantitative and qualitative), the paper shows how towns are better at enabling the rural poor to access off-farm employment and exit poverty because they are more nearby. It concludes with a call for greater consideration of the role of towns in accelerating Africa's poverty reduction.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/652421523306615094/Migrants-towns-poverty-and-jobs-insights-from-Tanzania
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/29679
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJobs Working Paper;No. 14
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectLABOR MIGRATION
dc.subjectJOB CREATION
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectRURAL LABOR MARKET
dc.subjectINTERNAL MIGRATION
dc.subjectURBANIZATION
dc.subjectURBAN MIGRANT
dc.subjectINFORMAL SECTOR
dc.subjectINFORMAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectHARRIS-TODARO
dc.titleMigrants, Towns, Poverty and Jobsen
dc.title.subtitleInsights from Tanzaniaen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleMigrants, Towns, Poverty and Jobs
okr.date.disclosure2018-04-09
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/652421523306615094/Migrants-towns-poverty-and-jobs-insights-from-Tanzania
okr.guid652421523306615094
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/29679
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b08589a616_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum29792316
okr.identifier.report125073
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/652421523306615094/pdf/125073-NWP-PUBLIC-WB-Policy-Research-WP-14-FULL.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryTanzania
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Employment and Shared Growth
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Migration and Development
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.unitJOBS- CCSA - IBRD (GPSJB)
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