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100			_a Turok, Ivan _949214
245			_aUrbanisation and Economic Growth: The Arguments and Evidence for Africa and Asia/
260			_bSage, _c2019.
300			_aVol 4, Issue 2, 2019 : (109-125 p.).
520			_aThe relationship between urbanisation and development is a vital policy concern, especially in Africa and Asia. This article reviews the arguments and evidence for whether rapid urban population growth can help to raise living standards. The main finding is that the development effects of urbanisation and the magnitude of agglomeration economies are very variable. There is no simple linear relationship between urbanisation and economic growth, or between city size and productivity. The potential of urbanisation to promote growth is likely to depend on how conducive the infrastructure and institutional settings are. Removing barriers to rural–urban mobility may enable economic growth but the benefits will be much larger with supportive policies, markets and infrastructure investments. Cities should use realistic population projections as the basis for investing in public infrastructure and implementing supportive land policies. Governments should seek out ways of enabling forms of urbanisation that contribute to growth, poverty reduction and environmental sustainability, rather than encouraging (or discouraging) urbanisation per se.
650			_aAfrica, _949215
650			_aagglomeration economies _949216
650			_a Asia, _949217
650			_aeconomic growth, _949218
650			_a rural–urban migration, _949219
650			_aurbanisation _949200
700			_a McGranahan, Gordon _949220
773	0		_012416 _916476 _dLondon: Sage Publication Ltd, 2019. _tUrbanisation / _x24557471
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1177/2455747119890450
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