Course # SOSC 1750 9.0 Urban Economies: Comparing Canada & the Third World Comparing:

1. Course # SOSC 1750 9.0 • Urban Economies: Comparing Canada & the Third World • Comparing: • Developing Countries (e.g.) • India (S. Asia) • Mexico (Latin America) • Advanced Industrial Countries • Canada

2. Lecture: Mondays 12.30–2.30: TEL 0006 • Attendance • Ten-minute break • Appointments

3. You must be registered in one of the following tutorials: • # Day Time Location • Mon 10:30-12:30 TEL 0006 • Mon 2:30- 4:30 TEL 0006

4. Tutorial requirements: • Attendance • Preparation • Participation • Appointments

5. Assignments: Term I • I. Mid-term tests in Lecture hall TEL 0006 weight • Mon. Oct 21 MCQ on You Tube videos on Poverty 10% • Mon. Dec 2 In-class comparative essay test on Markandaya • DW articles & Poverty YouTube videos 15% • 3. Mon. Dec 2 Quiz on lectures & readings (Developing World) 10% • –study Qns. For all tests will be posted online. • II. Lecture and Class participation (Attendance required) 10% • (includes write-up due Nov 3 (Developing World #26&# 27) • Mid-term Total 45%

6. YouTube videos ‘The End of Poverty’ (DVD) (105 min) http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/the_end_of_poverty/ Ananya Roy: (Un)Knowing Poverty http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKASroLDF0M Who sees Poverty? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrW8ier__4Q Who profits from Poverty: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0deJfPUj1f8

7. Term I Markandaya, Kamala. (1954). Nectar in a Sieve. New York: Signet. Cinema Libre Studio (2010). The End of Poverty? Think Again. Griffiths, Robert J. (2013-14). Annual Editions: Developing World. Guilford, CT: Dushkin/McGraw-Hill. A Course Kit 2013-14 on Canada (available for purchase in York U Book Store)

8. http://www.mapsofworld.com/

9. Percentage population living on less than $2 per day 2009 https://maps.google.com/maps/ms ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=218326542034227400695.0004af2e8e3bd18d224a1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Percentage_population_living_on_less_than_$2_per_day_2009.png

10. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Percentage_living_on_less_than_$1_per_day_1981-2001.pnghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Percentage_living_on_less_than_$1_per_day_1981-2001.png

11. Percent poverty world map 2008

12. The three worlds as they were separated during the Cold War era, each with its respective allies;       First World : USA and its allies.       Second World : USSR and its allies.       Third World : Neutral countries.

13. September 2009 ██ Newly industrialized countries ██ Other emerging markets ██ Other developing economies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Industrialized_countries_2007.PNG.png

14. GDP PPP Per Capita IMF 2008 (estimate) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GDP_PPP_Per_Capita_IMF_2008.png

15. Which countries have lowest/highest national inequality?

16. 2009 Differences in National Income inequality (national GINI coefficient) 0 is perfect equality & 1 is perfect inequality http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5GINIretouchedcolors.png

17. 2008 Countries based on World Bank income groupings for 2006 (calculated by GNI per capita, Atlas method). ██ High income ██ Upper-middle income ██ Lower-middle income ██ Low income

18. 925 million hungry people in the world: 2010 http://www.worldhunger.org/articles/Learn/world%20hunger%20facts%202002.htm

19. key indicators of human well-being since 1970. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_development

20. What are the characteristics of the Third World?

21. Characteristics of the Third World • Colonial past • 2. Lack economic power: Affluent countries dominate the global market • 3. Large populations • 4. Rapid and uncontrolled growth of cities

22. Rural to urban mass migration • Poverty both rural and urban, • with the poorest in rural areas • 7. Corruption and financial mismanagement in the public sector, e.g., government authorities