urbanisation

Children are ubiquitous in African cities but largely absent from development economics research. Here’s what we know about children’s schooling once they’ve moved to the city.

The urban share of population in the developing world tends to be lower than that of more developed countries. Can greater access to sewers help catalyse urban migration?

Evidence from a large-scale housing lottery programme in Ethiopia shows that government housing that people want, and thrive in, can work in settings with highly constrained housing supply and when programmes are designed well.

Cities can be engines of growth. How can policymakers realise the benefits of cities while minimising the drawbacks of urbanisation?

Amidst rapid urbanisation and climate change, evidence on urban expansion and flood exposure can help policymakers increase climate resilience in the world’s cities.

Insecure land property rights are an important constraint on migration, structural transformation, and productivity growth, as much as all other labour mobility barriers in China

Political party turnover in a local election increased completion times of real estate projects in Mumbai

Rising temperatures reduce the proportion of workers in non-agricultural activities and inhibit structural transformation, with effects intensifying in the long run

Railways encouraged the growth of cities in colonial India and market access helps explain why