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Can Cities or Towns Drive African Development? Economy-wide Analysis for Ethiopia and Uganda

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  • James Thurlow

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Rapid urbanization is an important characteristic of African development and yet the structural transformation debate focuses on agriculture's relative merits without also considering the benefits from urban agglomeration. As a result, African governments are often provided conflicting recommendations on the importance of rural agriculture or urban industry. We develop dynamic economy-wide models for Ethiopia and Uganda that capture both traditional aspects of the debate (growth linkages and foreign trade) and benefits from urbanization (internal migration and agglomeration effects).

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  • Paul A. Dorosh & James Thurlow, 2012. "Can Cities or Towns Drive African Development? Economy-wide Analysis for Ethiopia and Uganda," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2012-050, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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