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dc.contributor.authorArimah, Ben C.en
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-12-
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-15T13:20:22Z-
dc.date.available2011-12-15T13:20:22Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.isbn978-92-9230-265-8en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/54181-
dc.description.abstractOne of the most visible and enduring manifestations of urban poverty in developing countries is the formation and proliferation of slums. While attention has focused on the rapid pace of urbanization as the sole or major factor explaining the proliferation of slums and squatter settlements in developing countries, there are other factors whose impacts are not known with much degree of certainty. It is also not clear how the effects of these factors vary across regions of the developing world. This paper accounts for differences in the prevalence of slums among developing countries using data drawn from the recent global assessment of slums undertaken by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme. The empirical analysis identifies substantial inter-country variations in the incidence of slums both within and across the regions of Africa, Asia as well as, Latin America and the Caribbean.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aThe United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) |cHelsinkien
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWIDER Working Paper |x2010/30en
dc.subject.jelI32en
dc.subject.jelR21en
dc.subject.jelR31en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordurban povertyen
dc.subject.keywordslumsen
dc.subject.keyworddeveloping countriesen
dc.subject.keywordinter-country differencesen
dc.titleThe face of urban poverty: Explaining the prevalence of slums in developing countries-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn636510395en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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