What Drives Third World City Growth?

by Allen C. Kelley and Nancy Burley

Book Overview

The book shows that earlier studies exaggerated the effects of rural land scarcity, foreign capital inflows, and population growth on Third World urbanization. More critical were imbalances of productivity advance across sectors and terms of trade between primary products and manufactures.

Originally published in 1984.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691612404
• ISBN13: 9780691612409
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"