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Structural Transformation in E
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Number of pages
94
Publication date
2014
Publisher
UN-Habitat

Structural Transformation in Ethiopia: the urban dimension

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Ethiopia remains one of the least urbanized countries in Africa and almost 80 per cent of the population reside in rural areas where they eke out a living from subsistence agriculture. However, rapid population growth, a sluggish agricultural performance and increased rural-urban migration have been countering this. The pace of urban growth is expected to  accelerate in the coming decades and this will largely be in small- and medium-size cities with low resilienceto climate change shocks.