Christiaensen, Luc J.; De Weerdt, Joachim; Kanbur, Ravi - 2017
from rural areas to two potential destinations, secondary town and big city. We first derive conditions under which a … poverty gradient from rural to town to city will exist as an equilibrium phenomenon. We then address the policy question and … poverty outcomes are not immune to whether urban employment generation takes place in the towns or the city. …