Class Inequality

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/fast_track/9774845.stm

Inequality in the Distribution of Wealth/Resources

Modernisation (development) is?

The Developing World

• The legacy of colonialism

• Reliance on farming• TNCs control industry• TNCs use lower

classes for labour• Corruption• Predatory states

Urbanisation

• Urbanisation – over half of the worlds population now lives in cities• Centres for economic growth• Centralised workforce• Western values

The Problems with Developing Countries’ Cities

• There are fewer cities but larger populations• There is not the promised industrialisation, so

there are not the promised jobs…• The workers are not unionised• Neo-liberal policies – see sheet

What don’t they have access to?

• Healthcare• Housing• Water• Electricity• Education

MDG7

• To improve the lives of 100 million slum-dwellers by 2020