Is There a Metropolitan Bias? The Inverse Relationship between Poverty and City Size in Selected Developing Countries

Is There a Metropolitan Bias? The Inverse Relationship between Poverty and City Size in Selected Developing Countries

This paper provides evidence from eight developing countries of an inverse relationship between poverty and city size. Poverty is both more widespread and deeper in very small and small towns than in large or very large cities. This basic pattern i...

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Main Authors: Ferre, Celine, Ferreira, Francisco H.G., Lanjouw, Peter
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
ACCESS TO SERVICES
ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
CHILD MORTALITY
CITIES
CITY SIZE
CITY SIZES
COEFFICIENTS
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
CONSUMPTION POVERTY
COST OF FOOD
DIFFERENTIALS
DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY
DISTRICT
DISTRICTS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
EQUITABLE GROWTH
ESTIMATES OF POVERTY
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURE DATA
EXTREME POVERTY
FAMILY PLANNING
FARMERS
FOOD CONSUMERS
FOOD ITEMS
GARBAGE COLLECTION
GLOBAL POVERTY
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSING
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
INCOME
INCOME POVERTY
INDUSTRIALIZATION
INEQUALITY
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATES
LARGE CITIES
LARGER TOWNS
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL PUBLIC GOODS
MALNUTRITION
METROPOLITAN AREA
METROPOLITAN AREAS
NATIONAL POVERTY
NATIONAL POVERTY LINES
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
PER CAPITA EXPENDITURES
POLICY ANALYSTS
POOR
POOR COMMUNITIES
POOR LIVING
POOR PEOPLE
POOR PERSON
POVERTY ANALYSIS
POVERTY ASSESSMENT
POVERTY ASSESSMENTS
POVERTY ESTIMATES
POVERTY INCIDENCE
POVERTY INDICATORS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MAP
POVERTY MAPPING
POVERTY MAPPING METHODOLOGY
POVERTY MAPS
POVERTY MEASUREMENT
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY PROFILE
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES
PROVINCES
PUBLIC DOMAIN
REGIONAL COVERAGE
REGIONAL PRICE
REGIONAL PRICE INDEX
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL PHENOMENON
RURAL POPULATION
RURAL POVERTY
RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION
SANITATION
SEWERAGE
SLUM AREAS
SLUM DWELLERS
SLUM RESIDENTS
SMALL TOWN
SMALL TOWNS
SMALLER TOWNS
SOLID WASTE
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
SPATIAL CORRELATION
SUB-NATIONAL
SUB-NATIONAL UNITS
TOWN
UNEMPLOYMENT
URBAN AREAS
URBAN GROWTH
URBAN POOR
URBAN POPULATION
URBAN POVERTY
URBAN POVERTY REDUCTION
URBAN SLUMS
URBANIZATION
VIOLENT CRIME
WELFARE INDICATOR
WELFARE MONITORING
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20101221161955
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3992

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