Migrants, Markets, and Mayors
Rising Above the Employment Challenge in Africa's Secondary Cities

Luc Christiaensen (Edited by), Nancy Lozano (Edited by)

9781464819032

Paperback / softback, published 12 January 2024

180 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.363 kg

In a rapidly urbanizing world, mayors often see migrants as a burden to their cities' labor markets and a threat to their development. Drawing on national household surveys and four secondary city case studies in Africa, this report finds that migrants can strengthen the urban labor force.