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This article is about what sort of statistical evidence is required to address the question of what is the main cause of urbanisation and what calculations need to be performed on these statistics.

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The findings are important because they show how economic growth can cause urbanisation and counter-urbanisation, while at the same time, that the natural growth of the urban population can cause unemployment during periods of economic decline.

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This page is a summary of: Causes of urbanisation and counter-urbanisation in Zambia: Natural population increase or migration?, Urban Studies, September 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0042098018787964.
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