The Challenges Urbanization in West Africa
The Sahel is experiencing rapid and disorderly urbanization. The capital cities of Bamako, Conakry, and Niamey dominate the urban landscape in their respective countries. In each of these three countries, the economic importance of the capital city...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/389881528873419842/The-challenges-urbanization-in-West-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30042 |
| Summary: | The Sahel is experiencing rapid and
disorderly urbanization. The capital cities of Bamako,
Conakry, and Niamey dominate the urban landscape in their
respective countries. In each of these three countries, the
economic importance of the capital city is enormous. For
instance, Bamako represents about 34 percent of gross
domestic product (GDP), whereas Conakry and Niamey each
represent about 27 percent of GDP in their respective
countries. Furthermore, as their populations are increasing
at a faster rate than anywhere else in the world, the
attendant youth bulge could turn into either a demographic
dividend, whereby cities take advantage of a temporary boom
in the working age population to productively employ young
people, or a demographic disaster, accompanied by urban
instability if cities do not meet these aspirations. |
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