Robert E.B. Lucas has masterfully put together the considerable body of literature available on rural to urban migration in the developing world and then adds fresh insights from his own analysis of quantitative data sources that have not previously been analyzed in these ways. The book goes beyond ambitious; it is encyclopedic in scope but, unlike most encyclopedias, has a single voice from a gifted researcher and author. It will make a major contribution to our
understanding of internal migration.
Robert E.B. Lucas is Professor of Economics, Boston University. He is also Research Affiliate at the Center for International Studies, MIT.