Urban Economies

Cards (5)

  • Characteristics of developing countries
    • Many people employed in informal sector
    • Lots of people work in low-skilled tertiary sector jobs, e.g. on market stalls
    • Few people work in the secondary due to lack of technology
  • Characteristics of emerging countries
    • People in informal sector decrease
    • Employment in the secondary sector is high
    • Lots of low-skilled tertiary jobs available
    • Conditions improve, and workers' rights increase
  • Characteristics of developed countries
    • Few workers in the informal sector
    • Fewer people work in the secondary sector compared to emerging countries
    • Most people work in the tertiary sector
    • Some employment in the quaternary sector
  • Formal employment is where workers are protected by law and have a contract of employment. Workers also pay taxes to the government
  • Informal employment is where employment is unofficial and jobs arent taxed by the government. It can have long hours in dangerous conditions for little pay