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Challenge: Employment
1. Explain why unemployment and underemployment are a feature of all the developing world's megacities. What is the extent of the problem? What are some of the economic and social consequences?
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2. Outline the role of the informal sector in the economy of megacities.
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developing world.
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4. "The ILO aims to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue on work-related issues".
Go to the International Labour Organization (ILO) website and explain how the ILO is attempting to solve employment problems in one megacity in the developing world. Briefly describe the program initiative and report on its effectiveness.
*Note: You will need to navigate your way through the vast information available, this exercise will examine your ability to use a website effectively.
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Examine the photographs below. Using your knowledge of the employment crisis facing many megacities, explain what the photographs are illustrative of.
(Kleeman, 2007, p. 138) (Kleeman, 2007, p. 136)___________________________________________________________________________
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