Migration, urbanization, and development
Subtitle: new directions and issues
By: edited by Richard E. Bilsborrow.
Contributors: Bilsborrow, Richard E.
Publisher: United Nations Population Fund; Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published: 1998
Place of publication: [New York]; Norwell, Mass., USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 531
Subjects: Rural-urban migration -- Developing countries -- Congresses; Migration, Internal -- Developing countries -- Congresses; Urbanization -- Developing countries -- Congresses
Description: International migration and urbanization are key dimensions of the process of socioeconomic development. The unprecedented movement of peoples within the borders of their own countries is one of the greatest transformations witnessed in the 20th century. Policy analysts, especially those from developing countries where internal migration can be felt first hand, view migration as among the most important factors affecting the course of development.

It is within this context that UNFPA convened the Symposium on Internal Migration and Urbanization in Developing Countries in January 1996 in preparation for the United Nations World Conference on Human Settlements in Istanbul in June 1996. The final results of the symposium are found in this book. This volume provides a better understanding, at global level, of internal migration issues of concern to policy analysts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"Proceedings of the Symposium on Internal Migration and Urbanization in Developing Countries, 22-24 January 1996, New York."