{"id":1375,"date":"2012-02-15T11:22:16","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T11:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/?p=1375"},"modified":"2013-03-20T09:06:25","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T09:06:25","slug":"whatever-happened-to-africas-rapid-urbanisation-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/whatever-happened-to-africas-rapid-urbanisation-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Whatever happened to Africa&#8217;s rapid urbanisation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Whatever-happened-to-Africas-rapid-urbanisation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1156\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"Urbanisation, Africa, urban poverty, urban planning, circular migration, economic development, cities, Deborah Potts\" src=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Urbanisation-with-border-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"Urbanisation, Africa, urban poverty, urban planning, circular migration, economic development, cities, Deborah Potts\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Urbanisation-with-border-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Urbanisation-with-border-721x1024.jpg 721w, https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Urbanisation-with-border.jpg 874w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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 populations of numerous urban areas are growing rapidly, the urbanisation levels of many countries are increasing slowly \u2013 if at all. Natural increase, rather than net in-migration, is the predominant growth factor in most urban populations. African governments, policymakers and international donors need to acknowledge fundamental changes in urbanisation trends, and respond to the irrefutable messages these impart about urban employment, incomes and economic development.<\/p>\n<p>Read by Edward Paice &#8211; Director, Africa Research Institute<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">[display_podcast]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/africa-research-institute\/id508050569\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1327\" title=\"Listen to the Podcast on iTunes\" src=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/iTunes101.jpg\" alt=\"Listen to the Podcast on iTunes\" width=\"45\" height=\"45\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/iTunes101.jpg 45w, https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/iTunes101-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 45px) 100vw, 45px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Whatever-happened-to-Africas-rapid-urbanisation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1278 alignleft\" title=\"Download PDF\" src=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/pdf_download_ari.png\" alt=\"Download PDF\" width=\"55\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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