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THE DYNAMICS OF URBANIZATION
IN SUB-SAHARAN COUNTRIES



The present document is the synthesis of a survey entitled "The dynamics of urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa" ordered by the French Ministry of Cooperation in 1995 and achieved under the auspices of Isted. The work was made in the frame of the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, held in june 1996 in Istanbul.

The study followed on various series of work covering the different aspects of the urbanization process in the region of the world. More particularly, it took place after the study "Long term Image of Africa"-1984-for the European Economic Community and the study"West African Long term Perspectives Study" (WALTPS), conducted by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

THE DYNAMICS OF URBANIZATION IN SUB-SAHARAN COUNTRIES

Preface
The city, a pole and a challenge for development
Urban growth which owes more to natural population 
growth than to urbanization

Urbanization unrelated to industrialisation
Urbanization and agricultural development, the same logic
Urbanization is the expression of strong social dynamics
Decentralisation : a long drawn-out process
Ensuring regular financing of urbanization
Notes

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