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    Creating access to economic opportunities in small and medium sized towns

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2008
    Small towns are now seen as a necessary and important link to the development of rural regions, and the role of small towns as service centres, within a hierarchy of settlements, is emphasised. However, whereas the focus in the 1960s was on large-scale infrastructural projects, the new approach is to focus on developing local initiatives and resources for local development.
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    Urban water use: policy brief

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2012
    There has been a global shift in the way that water provision for urban water use is viewed. Governments are increasingly choosing to invest in environmental health. By protecting river systems, governments can reduce management costs.
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    Does infrastructure mitigate the effect of urban concentration on poverty in developing countries?

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013
    The paper focuses on a poorly investigated issue, although highly challenging for developing countries, which is the nexus between urban concentration, poverty and infrastructure.
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    Living conditions of displaced persons and host communities in urban Goma, DRC

    Norwegian Refugee Council, 2014
    Goma has been a central point for the reception of displaced persons over the last 20 years of conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Following significant waves of arrivals in 2012 and 2013, due to conflict with the M23 – a militia active in North Kivu from early 2012 to late 2013 – 1 camps around the city were grossly overcrowded.
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    A Political Economy of Slum Spaces: Mathare Valley

    Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2014
    This paper studies the spatial characteristics of slums, seeking to explain why rulers tend to neglect the welfare of their dwellers. While located close to the centers of power, their high population density implies that they cover small space and are easy to cordon off in case of danger.
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    Regional cooperation for infrastructure development: towards an institutional framework for investment in the IOR - ARC

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2013
    Infrastructure plays a key role in promoting economic growth and development. Infrastructure is considered as a priority sector for investment in the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC). Due to low domestic savings most of the member states in the region are quite dependent on foreign investment for capital formation.
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    Urban poverty in Asia

    Asian Development Bank, 2014
    Urbanisation is a positive factor in growth and poverty reduction. Country experiences are generally consistent with the view that a rising share of the population living in urban areas plays a positive role in overall poverty reduction, by providing new opportunities to those migrating out of the rural areas and escaping poverty in the process.
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    Trading places: accessing land in African cities

    Urban LandMark, 2013
    The developing world is urbanising fast, and new systems of urban land ownership, transfer and governance are emerging. This book tries to explain how these systems work and how they interface with wider markets and with existing land governance regimes, focusing particularly on Africa. 
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    Effects of urbanization on economic growth and human capital formation in Africa

    Program on the Global Demography of Aging, 2014
    Africa’s population is expected to grow to 2.3 billion by 2050, of whom 60% will be urban. This urbanisation is an important challenge for the next few decades. According to several research papers and reports, Africa’s urbanisation was, in contrast with most other regions in the world, not associated with economic growth in past decades.
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    Urban development: structured learning guide

    Evidence on Demand, 2014
    The purpose of this booklet is to support advisers in DFID to strengthen their knowledge of urban development themes by providing signposts to quality assured references, grey literature and other useful learning materials.

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