Development activities and rural-urban migration
Rhoda, R.E.
Development Digest 18(4): 3-21
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0012-1576 PMID: 12312303 Document Number: 496383
The implications of specific rural development activities for rural migration in developing countries are examined. Areas of origin and destination, migrant characteristics, obstacles to migration, and various economic models of migration are analyzed. It is suggested that population growth rather than migration is responsible for urban poverty.
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