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Front Cover 1 Contents 6 Acknowledgments 8 Numerical Highlights 10 Policy Highlights 12 Abbreviations 14 Overview 16 Main Message 19 References 19 Chapter 1: Cities and Towns Are Growing, yet the Potential Benefits of Urbanization Remain Distant 20 Sub-Saharan Africa is urbanizing, while poor and low wealth mean weak institutions and lagging investments 20 Urbanization has not been associated with the economic growth experienced elsewhere 21 Urbanization has done little to reduce poverty in most Sub-Saharan countries, because most urban population growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is a natural effect of fertility, not an economic pull inducing migration 21 Neither large cities nor small towns are livable or productive, and midsized cities are missing 28 Environmental policies lag behind, making livability an even more distant goal 37 Notes 42 References 42 Chapter 2: Three Pillars on the Road toward Livable and Productive Cities: Working Land Markets, Effective Urban Planning, and Financing for Public Investments 46 Making land markets work—planned, but demand-driven 46 Strong planning and regulation 48 Infrastructure investments—sustainably financed and more efficient 50 Notes 55

Author

Hommann,Lall

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EN