Mega cities: responses

Question 1

self help project: eg

Answer 1

Microcredit agencies: more than 7000, start/expand informal business –> formal economy

loans: women ($5-$300) be entrepreneurs, homebased business (food/ crafts)–> reg income

Question 2

community self-gov eg:

Answer 2

highly effective/democratic: Jakarta–> kampongs (informal settlements) now have more input/capacity of local leaders

eg. local council motivated - gardening/clean up program= from passive recipients into active participants in community action

Question 3

NGOs eg:

Answer 3

CARE Bangladesh- provided 10 water points and 20 clean latrines to Dhaka

Question 4

urban protest:

Answer 4

China: threat of protest worry authoritarian gov into action

slum evictions: Mumbai, but better to improve slums that resettlement (install infrastructure)

Question 5

informal economy operations

Answer 5

• no tax revenue for city, unregulated cause environmental issues, human right and poor working conditions

street vendors provide goods/service for poor

tuk tuks in Thailand, worse smog from 2-stroke engines