Refugees and Rural Poverty
Urbanization is understandably a central theme for development experts and policymakers, but they should not lose sight of the dramatic changes happening in the places people leave behind when they seek better livelihoods elsewhere. Rural areas deserve attention, too, because many of the world’s displaced people originate there.
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ROME – Development experts and policymakers understandably focus on migration to urban areas and the need for sustainable urbanization. But they should not lose sight of the dramatic changes happening in rural areas, which are too often ignored.