Journal Name:
- Eurasian Journal of Business and Economics
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Abstract (2. Language):
Developing countries in the twenty-first century is experiencing rapid urbanization
with a high concentration of people in the urban areas while the population of
people in the rural areas is decreasing due to the rise in rural-urban push which has
adverse consequences on the economic and political development of developing
countries, in particular African cities. Therefore, this study seeks to analyze the
trends and nature of urbanization in Africa from the pre-colonial era to the
contemporary period of globalization in order to ascertain the implications of rapid
urbanization on the processes of democratic transitions, on the vagaries of food
sufficiency and crisis as well as its multiplier effects on the escalating rate of poverty
and insurgency in the cities. These problems stem from the lack of good
governance, high rate of corruption and the misappropriation of state resources
through diverse economic liberalizing reforms and development strategies. Thus,
this study affirms that urbanization is a process that requires objective
management and institutional role differentiations and performance to create the
organizational synergy, moderation and frugality necessary for the equitable
distribution of the common wealth for the greatest good of all peoples not only in
the urban areas but also in the rural areas which invariably will bring about political
and economic development in African cities, and reduce the high incidences of
poverty, insurgency and food crisis.
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