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List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Acronyms

What is This Module About?
    A Guide to This Module
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Unit 1:

Urbanization and Global Change -- Background Information
Introduction: Extending the Global Change Agenda
The Momentum is Swinging South
City Living: At What Cost, For Whom?
Patterns and Processes of Urbanization in Latin America
Conclusion
Instructor’s Guide to Activities
Student Worksheets
Answers to Activities
 

The Role of Migration in Urbanization -- Background Information
Migration: The Neglected Factor in Urban Growth
Part I: The Forces Behind Migration
The End of Rural Society: The “Push” Out of the Countryside
The Interplay of Structural Forces Operating in Latin America
“The Lost Decade:” Debt and Structural Adjustment
Intensification of Commercial Agriculture and Resource Use
Part II: Local Experiences: A Closer Look
 The Decision to Move
 Out-Migration: Disrupting the Social and Cultural Landscape
Peasantization of the Countryside
Sending Women to Work
Disrupting Native Lands
 Conclusion
Instructor’s Guide to Activities
Student Worksheets
Answers to Activities
 

Life on the Edge: Informality in the Urban Setting -- Background Information
 The Real Issue?-- Poverty
 A Place for the Poor -- Informal Shelter
 Informal Work and Poverty
 The Drive for Flexibility and Profits: Globalization and Informal Workers
 Targeting Women: The Newest Labor Force
 Conclusion
Instructor’s Guide to Activities
Student Worksheets
Answers to Activities
 

References to All Units

Supporting Materials

Appendix:  Suggested Readings
 
 
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List of Tables

 
Table 1: The World’s 25 Largest Cities, 1995
Table 2: Manufacturing Wages Worldwide, 1987
Table 3: Projected 15 Largest Cities in the World, 2015
Table 4: The Cost of Debt Service, 1970 and 1986
Table 5: Highly Indebted Countries (HICs), 1988
Table 6: Characteristics of the Formal and Informal Sectors
 

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List of Figures

 

Figure 1: Long-Term External Debt, 1987
Figure 2: Access to Safe Drinking Water, Sanitation, and Health Services in Selected Latin American Countries
 

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List of Acronyms

 
 

GDP	Gross Domestic Product
GNP	Gross National Product
IMF	International Monetary Fund
ISI	Import Substitution Industrialization
LDC	Lesser Developed Country
MDC	More Developed Country
NAFTA	North American Free Trade Agreement
NTAE	Non-Traditional Agricultural Exports
NIDL	New International Division of Labor
OPEC	Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
SAP	Structural Adjustment Program
TNC	Transnational Corporation
UN	United Nations
WWW	World Wide Web

 
 
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