What Drives Third World City Growth?

The book shows that earlier studies exaggerated the effects of rural land scarcity, foreign capital inflows, and population growth on Third World urbanization. More critical were imbalances of productivity advance across sectors and terms of trade between primary products and manufactures.

Originally published in 1984.

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Author: Allen C. Kelley, Nancy Burley
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 04/19/2016
Pages: 294
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9780691640334