@article{Imai:280071,
      recid = {280071},
      author = {Imai, K.S.  and Gaiha, R. and Garbero, A. },
      title = {IFAD RESEARCH SERIES 22 - Poverty reduction during the  rural-urban transformation: rural development is still more  important than urbanization},
      address = {2018},
      number = {2165-2018-7826},
      series = {IFAD Research Series },
      pages = {36},
      year = {2018},
      abstract = {Based on cross-country panel datasets, we find that (i) an  increase in population share in agriculture is associated  with poverty reduction once the longer-term poverty change  or dynamic is taken into account; (ii) the rural  non-agricultural sector also is poverty-reducing in some  cases; and (iii) increased population in the megacities has  no role in poverty reduction. In fact, the growth of the  populations in megacities increases poverty in a few cases.  Given that rapid population growth or rural-urban migration  is likely to increase poverty, more emphasis should be  placed on policies that enhance support for rural  agricultural and non-agricultural sectors. If our analysis  has any validity, doubts are raised about recent research  that emphasizes the role of secondary towns and  urbanization as the main drivers to reduce extreme  poverty.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/280071},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.280071},
}