India

• Unilever is one of the worlds biggest food and consumer goods manufacturers
• the Head quarters of unilever are in the uk and netherlands
• Unilever has employed 16000 in India
• Project shakti in Unilever helps women become entrepreneurs and earn a living
• unilever provides hygiene education and sanitiation
• in unilever, some profits go back to the netherlands and the uk
• unilever accidentally released mercury and it went into waste dumps which damaged the health and the environment
• BT does out sourcing to Asia, especially Bangalore
• there is an increased number of skilled workers because of training from BT
• Internal migration is due to workers in india seeking better job opportunities in Mumbai
• Mumbai is the fashion capital, has lots of financial industries, and has strong manufacturing
• mumbai has well qualified workers from their knowledge economy
• flagship stores create a multiplier effect
• slums lack basic services and facilities
• people migrate from rural to urban with mumbai because there are employment opportunities and a sense that life will change for the btter
• slums usually contain migrants, makeshift tents, and a lack of water and toilets
• the slum population of chember, the largest slum in the world, in east india, is 77
• the slum population of nana chowk, the west of india, is 13
• Mumbai has no sewage system to safely remove water
• mumbai's drainage systems were built by british engineers who did not consider the monsoon season
• in Mumbai, during heavy rainfall, the drains overflow into the streets causing flooding
• the hamara foundation has provided social work services to improve the lives of 200000 children who have dropped out of school
• the agora finance provides microfinance for mumbais slum residents who live in squatter settlements, unable to get bank accounts or loans because they do not have enough money
• the gorai garbage site closure project transformed a landfill site into a gentle hill, where the decomposing waste within it generates methane power
• the gorai garbage site was an expensive infrastructure project
• the mumbai monorial provided a cheap railway where the route goes through industrial sectors rather than the old city, it carries passengeres quickly, and can go up and down gradients
• the mumbai monrail is an attention grabbing project so it may not provide the best solution for people's needs
• the sparc community toilets respond directly to the community by providing toilets that are clean, safe, and accessible, because before, the toilets were expensive for families and badly designed because there was no running water and no one cleaning
• squatter settlements are on valuable land are are politically difficult to move, they are expensive to maintain
• congestion is hard to get rid of, because buildings new roads are expensive
• to improve afforable housing, the government would need to make sure affordable housing is built