Africa's Cities : Opening Doors to the World

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 stud...

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Main Authors: Lall, Somik Vinay, Henderson, J. Vernon, Venables, Anthony J.
Other Authors: Aguilar, Juliana
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25896