hello I had previously requested you for a book review, here is another assignment from the same teacher, I copied the requirement below, please let me know if you have any questions:
Produce a reading assignment on the reading below according to the usual guidelines. This one should be labeled “reading assignment seven” and dated March 25. Next week I will have more information on the procedures we will follow as we shift to online, such as how to pass this in.
Planet of Slums, Chapters 3 and 4
Why did slums grow so slowly in the first half of the twentieth century? Why have they grown so rapidly since? Why have policies designed to minimize slums largely failed?
What has been the neoliberal/World Bank strategy for helping the slums and how has it worked out? What are NGOs and what are their limits? What is the neoliberal populist strategy of Hernando de Soto and what are its limits? How are profits extracted from the urban poor? What is densification and what forces are driving it?
