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Why Secondary Towns Can Be Important for Poverty Reduction: A Migrant's Perspective

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dc.contributor.authorIngelaere, Bert
dc.contributor.authorChristiaensen, Luc
dc.contributor.authorDe Weerdt, Joachim
dc.contributor.authorKanbur, Ravi
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-21T20:47:38Z
dc.date.available2017-09-21T20:47:38Z
dc.date.issued2017-09
dc.description.abstractThis paper develops the concept of "action space" as the range of possible destinations to which a migrant can realistically move at a given point in time and, intimately linked to this, the set of possible livelihoods at destination. It shows how this space expands and contracts over time through "cumulative causation." Such a dynamic framework allows for appreciating the role of secondary towns in rural-urban migration and poverty reduction. Secondary towns occupy a unique middle ground between semi-subsistence agriculture and the capitalistic city, between what is close by and familiar and what is much further away and unknown. By opening the horizons of the (poorer) rural population and facilitating navigation of the nonfarm economy, secondary towns allow a broader base of the poor population to become physically, economically, and socially mobile. Secondary towns therefore have great potential as vehicles for inclusive growth and poverty reduction in urbanizing developing countries. These are the insights emerging from the in-depth life history accounts of 75 purposively selected rural-urban migrants from rural Kagera, in Tanzania.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/788721505317450769/Why-secondary-towns-can-be-important-for-poverty-reduction-a-migrants-perspective
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8193
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/28371
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8193
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectURBANIZATION
dc.subjectJOBS
dc.subjectSECONDARY TOWNS
dc.subjectPERI-URBAN
dc.subjectLIFE HISTORY
dc.subjectRURAL LABOR MARKET
dc.titleWhy Secondary Towns Can Be Important for Poverty Reductionen
dc.title.subtitleA Migrant's Perspectiveen
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okr.crossref.titleWhy Secondary Towns Can Be Important for Poverty Reduction – A Migrant's Perspective
okr.date.disclosure2017-09-13
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8193
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryTanzania
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okr.topicCommunities and Human Settlements::Human Migrations & Resettlements
okr.topicCommunities and Human Settlements::Peri-Urban Communities
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.unitSocial Protection and Labor Global Practice Group; and the Jobs Cross Cutting Solution Area
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