The Challenges Urbanization in West Africa

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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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
URBANIZATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
SERVICE DELIVERY
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
LAND USE
URBAN TRANSPORT
POVERTY
EBOLA
INVESTMENT
GENDER
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/389881528873419842/The-challenges-urbanization-in-West-Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30042
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spelling okr-10986-300422021-05-25T09:15:22Z The Challenges Urbanization in West Africa World Bank Group URBANIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICE DELIVERY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH LAND USE URBAN TRANSPORT POVERTY EBOLA INVESTMENT GENDER 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. 2018-07-18T19:16:10Z 2018-07-18T19:16:10Z 2018-05 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/389881528873419842/The-challenges-urbanization-in-West-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30042 English AFCW3 Economic Update; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Economic Updates and Modeling Economic & Sector Work Africa Chad Guinea Mali Niger
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topic URBANIZATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
SERVICE DELIVERY
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
LAND USE
URBAN TRANSPORT
POVERTY
EBOLA
INVESTMENT
GENDER
spellingShingle URBANIZATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
SERVICE DELIVERY
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
LAND USE
URBAN TRANSPORT
POVERTY
EBOLA
INVESTMENT
GENDER
World Bank Group
The Challenges Urbanization in West Africa
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Guinea
Mali
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description 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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title The Challenges Urbanization in West Africa
title_short The Challenges Urbanization in West Africa
title_full The Challenges Urbanization in West Africa
title_fullStr The Challenges Urbanization in West Africa
title_full_unstemmed The Challenges Urbanization in West Africa
title_sort challenges urbanization in west africa
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/389881528873419842/The-challenges-urbanization-in-West-Africa
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