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

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
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
cities
towns
rural poverty
luminosity
spatial economics
spatial Durban model
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

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/903311488807371325/For-Indias-rural-poor-growing-towns-matter-more-than-growing-cities
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26244

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