Why Poor People Stay Poor: A Study of Urban Bias in World DevelopmentMonograph on unequal and inequitable income distribution in developing countries - argues that the major portion of available capital resources are invested in urban areas to the detriment not only of the rural areas, which become steadily poorer, but also of economic development in general. Diagrams, references and statistical tables. |
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Introduction | 13 |
The coexistence of poverty and development | 27 |
Nationstates | 37 |
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