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Tackling the Problem of Informality
Ravi Kanbur is T.H. Lee Professor of World Affairs, International Professor of Applied Economics and Management, and Professor of Economics at Cornell University. In recent years, there has been a...
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Inequality and Africa’s IDA Middle Income Trap
Inequality is of concern for at least three reasons. First, lower inequality per se is an objective for a decent society. Second, lower inequality improves the efficiency of economic growth in...
View ArticleAfrica should invest in people, not industries
The current African commodity/resource booms raise the question of how to appropriately use the revenues gained. Professor Ravi Kanbur of Cornell University talks to the distributional dilemmas and the...
View ArticleTackling the Problem of Informality
In recent years, there has been a strong interest in the informal economy, which is estimated to comprise 50-75 percent of the non-agricultural labor force in developing countries. It is seen as...
View ArticleInequality of opportunity: the new motherhood and apple pie?
On the face of it, questioning the usefulness of “inequality of opportunity” seems about as wrongheaded as questioning the merits of family vacations, Thanksgiving or dessert trolleys. What’s not to...
View ArticleInequality and Africa’s IDA Middle Income Trap
Inequality is of concern for at least three reasons. First, lower inequality per se is an objective for a decent society. Second, lower inequality improves the efficiency of economic growth in...
View ArticleAfrica should invest in people, not industries
The current African commodity/resource booms raise the question of how to appropriately use the revenues gained. Professor Ravi Kanbur of Cornell University talks to the distributional dilemmas and the...
View ArticleTowns, not cities, are best for jobs and poverty reduction
In our rapidly urbanizing world, cities lead economic growth and job creation. However, just focusing on mega cities and metropoles ignores the fact that the majority of the urban population still...
View ArticleSecondary towns for migration and jobs: Creating the action space
These are some of the insights emerging from the in-depth conversations with 75 migrants from rural Kagera, Tanzania which are recounted here in a 3-blog series. This first blog focuses on the...
View ArticleSecondary towns for migration and jobs: What makes a town a town and why it...
Asking how migrants themselves see the difference may further help understand why they often move to towns, while the income levels and amenities are higher in the cities. (Photo: Hendri Lombard /...
View ArticleSecondary towns for migration and jobs: The first move is different
The key to breaking the vicious circle is the first move. This is the first, often bold step into the unknown. It comes with the realization that things need to be shaken up to overturn the seemingly...
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