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

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

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

Tutorial requirements:
•
Attendance
•
Preparation
•
Participation
•
Appointments

Assignments: Term I
I. Mid-term tests in Lecture hall TEL 0006 weight
1.
Mon. Oct 21 MCQ on You Tube videos on Poverty
2.
Mon. Dec 2 In-class comparative essay test on Markandaya
10%
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%

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

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)

http://www.mapsofworld.com/

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

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

Percent poverty world map 2008

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.

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

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

Which countries have lowest/highest national inequality?

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

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

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

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

What are the characteristics of the
Third World?

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

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