Africa's Cities: Opening Doors to the World

by Anthony J Venables, J Vernon Henderson, Somik Vinay Lall, et al.

Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa are experiencing rapid population growth. Yet their economic growth has not kept pace. Why? One factor might be low capital investment, due in part to Africa's relative poverty: Other regions have reached similar stages of urbanization at higher per capita GDP. This study, however, identifies a deeper reason: African cities are closed to the world. Compared with other developing cities, cities in Africa produce few goods...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1464810443
• ISBN13: 9781464810442
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.0" x 10.4"