The current explosive growth of cities throughout the world is helping to break down existing social and economic institutions but these are seldom replaced by a new socio-economic structure the physical symposium if this ...

The present document contains information on the Economic and social aspects of urbanization in African, of the Seminar on Statistics and Studies of Migration and Urbanization held at Moscow, USSR, from 11-22 September ...

Africa is the fastest urbanizing region in the world, with the population doubling almost every 20 years. The rural population is growing at a rate of 2.5 per cent per annum, while the urban population is experiencing ...

Africa’s structural transformation is the overarching policy priority for the continent’s inclusive and sustainable development. As clearly expressed in the African Union’s Agenda 2063, there is now consensus among African ...

The paper tries to describe the overall condition of urban poverty in SSA. The poverty results are reported in terms of the popular poverty measures known as the FGT indices i.e. the head-count ratio (Po) which measures ...