Sub-Saharan Africa's Urban Awakening

Catalyzing Economic Growth and Job Creation

Emily Owen author Mark Roberts author Paul Kriss author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:World Bank Publications

Publishing:30th Jun '26

£39.00

This title is due to be published on 30th June, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

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Over the next 25 years, Sub-Saharan Africa will add 748 million people to its urban areas, by which time nearly 80 percent of its population will be urban. This report addresses how Africa's policymakers can best leverage this rapid urbanization to generate both transformative economic growth and new jobs for its young expanding workforce.

ISBN: 9781464817410

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Weight: unknown

200 pages