Urbanization and (In)Formalization
Inexorable urbanization and formalization have been the expectations in development discourse. Indeed, measures of urbanization and formalization have been provided and used as indicators of development. But while urbanization has proceeded apace i...
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okr-10986-177442021-04-23T14:03:40Z Urbanization and (In)Formalization Ghani, Ejaz Kanbur, Ravi AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES BASIC SERVICES CONCERN OF POLICY MAKERS CREATING JOBS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY EARNING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECOSYSTEM EDUCATED MIGRANTS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH EMPLOYMENT SHARE EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDIES EXTERNALITIES FIRM SIZE FORMAL SECTOR WAGE INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INDUSTRIALIZATION INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES JOB CREATION JOBS LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR REGULATIONS LABOUR LAND USE LAND USE REGULATIONS LARGE CITIES LARGE POPULATION LEVELS OF PRODUCTIVITY LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE LOCAL POPULATION LOCATION DECISIONS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES METROPOLITAN AREAS MIGRANTS MINIMUM WAGE MODERNIZATION NATIONAL AUTHORITIES NEWSLETTER OCCUPATIONS PACE OF URBANIZATION PAYING JOBS PERMANENT SETTLEMENT PLANT PRODUCTIVITY POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLICY RESPONSE POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION INCREASES PRODUCTIVITY GAINS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY ROADS RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY SAFETY NET SANITATION SELF EMPLOYED SERVICE DELIVERY SKILLED WORKERS SLUMS SMALL ENTERPRISES SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROGRAMS STEEL FACTORY SUPPLIERS TAXATION TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN EMPLOYMENT URBAN MIGRATION URBAN POLICIES URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATIONS URBAN POVERTY URBAN RESEARCH URBAN SECTOR URBAN SERVICES URBAN SETTLEMENTS URBAN UNEMPLOYMENT URBANIZATION VULNERABILITY WORKER WORKFORCE YOUNG MEN Inexorable urbanization and formalization have been the expectations in development discourse. Indeed, measures of urbanization and formalization have been provided and used as indicators of development. But while urbanization has proceeded apace in developing countries, formalization has slowed significantly over the past quarter century. These disconnect raises questions for development analysis and development policy. Why did one expect urbanization and formalization to go together in the first place? Is the link between urbanization and formalization more complex than what had once thought? What then explains the recent disconnect between urbanization and formalization? Is formalization a reasonable policy goal? May urbanization policies and formalization policies conflict? If so, what can be done to resolve the conflicts? These are the questions this paper addresses. The paper has three core sections. The first section asks what exactly is meant by formality and informality. The second section turns to urbanization processes and asks how they intersect with and interact with the incentives to formalize. The third section looks at policy. Each view of how urbanization feeds formalization has distinctive policy conclusions. 2014-04-11T14:13:02Z 2014-04-11T14:13:02Z 2013-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18868575/urbanization-formalization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17744 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research |
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AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES BASIC SERVICES CONCERN OF POLICY MAKERS CREATING JOBS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY EARNING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECOSYSTEM EDUCATED MIGRANTS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH EMPLOYMENT SHARE EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDIES EXTERNALITIES FIRM SIZE FORMAL SECTOR WAGE INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INDUSTRIALIZATION INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES JOB CREATION JOBS LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR REGULATIONS LABOUR LAND USE LAND USE REGULATIONS LARGE CITIES LARGE POPULATION LEVELS OF PRODUCTIVITY LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE LOCAL POPULATION LOCATION DECISIONS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES METROPOLITAN AREAS MIGRANTS MINIMUM WAGE MODERNIZATION NATIONAL AUTHORITIES NEWSLETTER OCCUPATIONS PACE OF URBANIZATION PAYING JOBS PERMANENT SETTLEMENT PLANT PRODUCTIVITY POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLICY RESPONSE POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION INCREASES PRODUCTIVITY GAINS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY ROADS RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY SAFETY NET SANITATION SELF EMPLOYED SERVICE DELIVERY SKILLED WORKERS SLUMS SMALL ENTERPRISES SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROGRAMS STEEL FACTORY SUPPLIERS TAXATION TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN EMPLOYMENT URBAN MIGRATION URBAN POLICIES URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATIONS URBAN POVERTY URBAN RESEARCH URBAN SECTOR URBAN SERVICES URBAN SETTLEMENTS URBAN UNEMPLOYMENT URBANIZATION VULNERABILITY WORKER WORKFORCE YOUNG MEN |
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AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES BASIC SERVICES CONCERN OF POLICY MAKERS CREATING JOBS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY EARNING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECOSYSTEM EDUCATED MIGRANTS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH EMPLOYMENT SHARE EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDIES EXTERNALITIES FIRM SIZE FORMAL SECTOR WAGE INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INDUSTRIALIZATION INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES JOB CREATION JOBS LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR REGULATIONS LABOUR LAND USE LAND USE REGULATIONS LARGE CITIES LARGE POPULATION LEVELS OF PRODUCTIVITY LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE LOCAL POPULATION LOCATION DECISIONS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES METROPOLITAN AREAS MIGRANTS MINIMUM WAGE MODERNIZATION NATIONAL AUTHORITIES NEWSLETTER OCCUPATIONS PACE OF URBANIZATION PAYING JOBS PERMANENT SETTLEMENT PLANT PRODUCTIVITY POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLICY RESPONSE POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION INCREASES PRODUCTIVITY GAINS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY ROADS RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY SAFETY NET SANITATION SELF EMPLOYED SERVICE DELIVERY SKILLED WORKERS SLUMS SMALL ENTERPRISES SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROGRAMS STEEL FACTORY SUPPLIERS TAXATION TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN EMPLOYMENT URBAN MIGRATION URBAN POLICIES URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATIONS URBAN POVERTY URBAN RESEARCH URBAN SECTOR URBAN SERVICES URBAN SETTLEMENTS URBAN UNEMPLOYMENT URBANIZATION VULNERABILITY WORKER WORKFORCE YOUNG MEN Ghani, Ejaz Kanbur, Ravi Urbanization and (In)Formalization |
description |
Inexorable urbanization and
formalization have been the expectations in development
discourse. Indeed, measures of urbanization and
formalization have been provided and used as indicators of
development. But while urbanization has proceeded apace in
developing countries, formalization has slowed significantly
over the past quarter century. These disconnect raises
questions for development analysis and development policy.
Why did one expect urbanization and formalization to go
together in the first place? Is the link between
urbanization and formalization more complex than what had
once thought? What then explains the recent disconnect
between urbanization and formalization? Is formalization a
reasonable policy goal? May urbanization policies and
formalization policies conflict? If so, what can be done to
resolve the conflicts? These are the questions this paper
addresses. The paper has three core sections. The first
section asks what exactly is meant by formality and
informality. The second section turns to urbanization
processes and asks how they intersect with and interact with
the incentives to formalize. The third section looks at
policy. Each view of how urbanization feeds formalization
has distinctive policy conclusions. |
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Ghani, Ejaz Kanbur, Ravi |
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Ghani, Ejaz Kanbur, Ravi |
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Ghani, Ejaz |
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Urbanization and (In)Formalization |
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Urbanization and (In)Formalization |
title_full |
Urbanization and (In)Formalization |
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Urbanization and (In)Formalization |
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Urbanization and (In)Formalization |
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urbanization and (in)formalization |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18868575/urbanization-formalization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17744 |
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