Jones, Gareth A. 
ORCID: 0000-0001-9844-4547 and Corbridge, Stuart
(2024)
Urban bias.
In: Dauncey, Emil, Desai, Vandana and Potter, Robert B., (eds.)
The Companion to Development Studies.
Routledge, 439 - 443.
ISBN 9780367244231
Abstract
Most of the world's poor continue to reside in rural areas. Yet, it is often claimed that governments and international development organizations have persistently allocated scarce resources to cities and towns. In a powerful critique of such allocations, Michael Lipton proposed that development exhibited an urban bias. As set out in his book, Why Poor People Stay Poor: A Study of Urban Bias in World Development (1977), Lipton claimed that this bias in favour of cities was both inefficient and inequitable. This chapter examines Lipton's urban bias thesis (UBT), how it has changed with time, its influence on international development thinking, and the criticisms levelled at the original and later iterations.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Official URL: | https://www.routledge.com/The-Companion-to-Develop... |
| Additional Information: | © 2024 selection and editorial matter, Emil Dauncey, Vandana Desai and Robert B. Potter. All rights reserved. |
| Divisions: | Geography & Environment |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jun 2024 08:39 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Nov 2024 00:21 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/123778 |
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