Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa are experiencing rapid population growth. Yet their economic growth has not kept pace. Why? One factor might be low capital investment, due in part to Africa’s relative poverty: Other regions have reached similar stages of urbanization at higher per capita GDP. This study, however, identifies a deeper reason: African cities are closed to the world. Compared with other developing cities, cities in Africa produce few goods...
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2017/01/01
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Publication
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112756
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1
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2017/02/13
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Disclosed
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Africa's cities : opening doors to the World - overview
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access to basic service
Citation
Lall,Somik V.; Henderson,John Vernon; Venables,Anthony J..
Africa's cities : opening doors to the World (Vol. 1 of 2) : Africa's cities : opening doors to the World - overview (French). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/672431486993377102