The Economics of Slums in the Developing World
The global expansion of urban slums poses questions for economic research as well as problems for policymakers. We provide evidence that the type of poverty observed in contemporary slums of the developing world is characteristic of that described in the literature on poverty traps. We document how...
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| Language: | English |
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American Economic Association,
2014-06-30T15:57:44Z.
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