Is economic globalization contributing to intensified urbanization in developing countries?
Anna Tibaijuka: The process of globalization has a distinct spatial specificity. The outcomes of globalization also show particular geographic patterns. For example, though it has certainly affected rural areas, global forces of exchange are centered in cities. The result is that globalization has facilitated urbanization in many developing countries through a number of different factors. For example, improvements in communication technologies have facilitated the location of industries in developing country cities, by “abolishing the tyranny of geographical distance.” These industries can now be managed globally from developed countries. We also know that as industries move to the cities of developing countries, with comparatively lower labor costs, it has changed the structure of employment. This has also further facilitated the “bright lights” syndrome that lies behind rapid rural-to-urban migration. Such migration is now often across national and continental borders to cities perce
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