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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.accessioned2018-02-16T21:44:07Z
dc.date.available2018-02-16T21:44:07Z
dc.date.issued2018-02
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/613771518633294230/Migrants-towns-poverty-and-jobs-insights-from-Tanzania
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8340
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/29374
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8340
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectURBANIZATION
dc.subjectSECONDARY TOWN
dc.subjectSECONDARY CITIES
dc.subjectJOBS
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectLIFE HISTORY
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.titleMigrants, Towns, Poverty and Jobsen
dc.title.subtitleInsights from Tanzaniaen
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okr.crossref.titleMigrants, Towns, Poverty and Jobs: Insights from Tanzania
okr.date.disclosure2018-02-14
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/613771518633294230/Migrants-towns-poverty-and-jobs-insights-from-Tanzania
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8340
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryTanzania
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okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Employment and Shared Growth
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Migration and Development
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicUrban Development::Rural Urban Linkages
okr.topicUrban Development::Urban Economic Development
okr.unitSocial Protection and Labor Global Practice Group
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