Globalization and the Urban Poor
Published By: UNU-WIDER on eSS | Published Date: November, 13 , 2007The focus of this paper is the effect of contemporary globalization on poverty and
inequality in cities of the ‘global south’. Specifically it addresses the impact of
globalization on marginalized communities—slums, squatter settlements and
shantytowns—collectively called ‘informal settlements’. This is a timely issue given
that over the next 25 years virtually all of the population growth worldwide will be in
the cities of developing countries largely concentrated in such settlements. [Research Paper No. 2007/76]
Author(s): Janice E. Perlman | Posted on: Jan 13, 2011 | Views(830) | Download (157)