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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822338703321

Titolo

Rural-urban dynamics and the millennium development goals.

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2013]

copyright 2013

ISBN

0-8213-9808-3

Descrizione fisica

xv, 178 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Collana

Global monitoring report ; ; 2013

Disciplina

338.1091724

Soggetti

Rural-urban relations

Economic development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

The Global Monitoring Report 2013: Rural-Urban Dynamics and the Millennium Development Goals examines rural-urban disparities in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and how urbanization, if managed well, can contribute to the attainment of these goals. The report provides information about the differences in progress toward the MDGs across geographical areas and recognizes that urban populations are better off than their rural brethren. However, unfettered urbanization can cause migrants and the urban poor to end up in slums where attainment of the MDGs lags. GMR 2013 calls for an