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Reshaping Urbanization in Rwanda: Profiling Secondary Cities in Rwanda—Dynamics and Opportunities

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank Group
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-28T16:15:51Z
dc.date.available2017-12-28T16:15:51Z
dc.date.issued2017-12
dc.description.abstractReshaping Urbanization in Rwanda: Economic and Spatial Trends and Proposals is an Advisory Services and Analytics (ASA), jointly provided by the Poverty and Equity Global Practice and the Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice at the World Bank. The objective of this report is to inform the Government’s policies and strategies on urbanization as a driver of economic development, job creation, and poverty reduction, through the following four stand‐alone but closely related notes. Stimulating urban economic development, particularly outside the capital city of Kigali, is critical to helping Rwanda to achieve its strategic objective of a 35 percent urban population share by 2020. This note looks at the current growth rates and characteristics of secondary cities1 and other fast‐growing towns outside of Kigali, and assesses the opportunities and prospects for, as well as constraints upon, future economic growth and development. It also sets out key actions required from the Government of Rwanda (GoR) tohelp stimulate growth in these cities and towns. There are multiple population estimates for secondary cities and fast‐growing towns due to the inconsistencies in defining which areas are urban and in defining city boundaries, and thus which sectors to include in estimates of city populations. According to the 2002 and 2012 censuses, the six secondary cities grew at an average rate of 3.3 percent over this period, slower than the national rate of urban growth of 4.1 percent and the rate for Kigali of 4.2 percent. In comparison, the three fast‐growing towns are estimated to have grown at a rate of 5.3 percent, albeit from a lower starting base, between 2002 and 2012. Of the secondary cities, Musanze, Rubavu and Nyagatare are growing most rapidly. The Musanze to Rubavu corridor benefits from (i) the rich agricultural resources along this corridor, and (ii) Rubavu’s proximity to the large market of Goma in DRC. Nyagatare has absorbed significant investment in recent years, and has also benefitted from the high levels of migration to the East of the country witnessed by the most recent inter‐censual period. This is reflected in the findings of Note 2 which identifies internal migration toward the Eastern Province.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/295261513850521418/Reshaping-urbanization-in-Rwanda-economic-and-spatial-trends-and-proposals-note-4-profiling-secondary-cities-in-Rwanda-dynamics-and-opportunities
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/29083
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/29083
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectSECONDARY CITIES
dc.subjectURBANIZATION
dc.subjectSPATIAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectURBAN HOUSING
dc.subjectURBAN SERVICES
dc.subjectCITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
dc.subjectURBAN PLANNING
dc.subjectCONNECTIVITY
dc.subjectMARKET ACCESS
dc.subjectURBAN GOVERNANCE
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE
dc.titleReshaping Urbanization in Rwandaen
dc.title.subtitleProfiling Secondary Cities in Rwanda—Dynamics and Opportunitiesen
dc.typeReporten
dc.typeRapportfr
dc.typeInformees
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crossref.titleReshaping Urbanization in Rwanda
okr.date.disclosure2017-12-21
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Other Urban Study
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/295261513850521418/Reshaping-urbanization-in-Rwanda-economic-and-spatial-trends-and-proposals-note-4-profiling-secondary-cities-in-Rwanda-dynamics-and-opportunities
okr.guid295261513850521418
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/29083
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/29083
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b085481ee0_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum29296482
okr.identifier.report122185
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/295261513850521418/pdf/122185-WP-P157637-PUBLIC-Note-4-Rwanda-Urbanization-12-08-17.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryRwanda
okr.themeSocial protection and risk management :: Improving labor markets
okr.topicPublic Sector Development::Municipal Management and Reform
okr.topicUrban Development::City Development Strategies
okr.topicUrban Development::National Urban Development Policies & Strategies
okr.topicUrban Development::Regional Urban Development
okr.topicUrban Development::Rural Urban Linkages
okr.topicUrban Development::Transport in Urban Areas
okr.topicUrban Development::Urban Economic Development
okr.unitPoverty GP AFR 1 (GPV01)
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