Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/163135 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
ADBI Working Paper No. 636
Publisher: 
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Tokyo
Abstract: 
Developing countries have seen a rapid rise in population urbanization in the past decades. At the same time, they have participated actively in the process of globalization. However, possible interlinks between population urbanization and trade openness in developing economies have been ignored by present literature. This paper firstly proposes a simple framework explaining the cereals trade-population urbanization nexus, showing how cereals supply constrains population urbanization and how international trade can change this constraint. Then, it presents historical evidence, empirical tests, and case studies from the People's Republic of China and India further highlighting the critical role of cereals trade in population urbanization in developing economies. Policy suggestions that may help developing countries achieve more inclusive and sustainable urban development are discussed in the final section of this paper.
Subjects: 
trade
urbanization
trade-urbanization nexus
trade openness
cereals trade
population
developing economies
urban development
JEL: 
Q17
O18
R11
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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