The overrated urban spinoff

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INDIAN EXPRESS

http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/brics-urbanisation-forum-smart-city-rural-3732844/

Speaking at the third BRICS Urbanisation Forum in Visakhapatnam on September 14, Deputy Chairman of the Niti Ayog, Arvind Panagariya, announced that “Without cities we can’t grow rapidly”. He added, “urbanisation plays an important role in poverty alleviation”. Both claims are exaggerated and somewhat misleading.

Period2 Nov 2016

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  • TitleThe overrated urban spinoff
    Date2/11/16
    PersonsRaghav Gaiha, Katsushi Imai
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Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

  • Global Development Institute

Keywords

  • development
  • global inequalities
  • India
  • urbanisation
  • agriculture