For India's Rural Poor, Growing Towns Matter More than Growing Cities

It is theoretically ambiguous whether growth of cities matters more to the rural poor than growth of towns. This paper empirically examines whether growth of India's secondary towns or big cities mattered more to recent rural poverty reduction...

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Main Authors: Gibson, John, Datt, Gaurav, Murgai, Rinku, Ravallion, Martin
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/903311488807371325/For-Indias-rural-poor-growing-towns-matter-more-than-growing-cities
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26244