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Moving to the right side of the tracks
Publication date: Mon 12 Nov 2012
Document type: Article
Improving the standard of living remains a top priority for central, local governments. The Slumdog Millionaire scenario only comes off on the big screen. Few of the low-income households living in...
37 criminal suspects in Angola sent back to China
Publication date: Sat 25 Aug 2012
Document type: Article
A total of 37 suspects involved in violent crimes targeting Chinese in Angola of west Africa were sent back to China under police escort Saturday. They arrived in Beijing by air on Saturday morning....
Urban-rural income gap gets bigger: report
Publication date: Wed 15 Aug 2012
Document type: Article
The ratio of income earned by urbanites to that of rural residents is about 5.2, said a blue paper released by a major government think tank on Tuesday. According to The Urban Blue Book: China City...
Planning for regional poverty alleviation in the Guizhou province of China
Publication date: Tue 31 Jul 2012
Document type: Presentation
Presented at the Pro-Poor Urban Development: China and Africa Workshop, Nairobi, 07/30/2012. Guizhou province is located in the Southwest of China, with a population of about 35 million. One third...
The social and environmental limits of China’s urban-based model of development
Publication date: Tue 17 Apr 2012
Document type: Research paper
China’s recent economic transformation started in rural areas, but soon became a very urban phenomenon. Coastal cities became sites of innovation, where private enterprises, entrepreneurial...
Urbanization leaves rural land unattended
Publication date: Tue 27 Mar 2012
Document type: Article
A report on rural development from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has urged the country to make full use of unattended rural land and infrastructure abandoned by Chinese moving to cities for...
Whatever happened to Africa's rapid urbanisation
Publication date: Wed 1 Feb 2012
Document type: Research paper
It is widely believed that urbanisation is occurring faster in sub-Saharan Africa than anywhere else in the world, as migrants move from rural to urban settlements. This is a fallacy. While the...
Perspectives on Chinese Urbanization
Publication date: Thu 12 May 2011
Document type: Article
The scale and speed of migration into Chinese cities is unprecedented in modern times. Consequently no single state has ever been pressed to alter its built environment so drastically in just one...
The Dilema of Urban Governance in Africa Between Western and Eastern Development Models: A Case Study From Addis Ababa
Publication date: Thu 1 Jan 2009
Document type: Research paper
Africa is experiencing rapid urbanization in extreme poverty. The overwhelming problems of its large and growing cities are a particular challenge for urban governance. In this situation the West no...
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