Meeting the Challenges of Megacities in the Developing World : A Collection of Working Papers.

Meeting the Challenges of Megacities in the Developing World -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- Options for Improving Labor Markets for Megacities in the Developing World -- PANEL ON IMPROVING LABOR MARKETS -- Members -- National Research Council Staff -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT LABOR MARKETS IN MEGACITIES? -- THE MEGACITY LABOR FORCE -- Types of Labor -- Sectors of Employment -- The Informal Sector -- Manufacturing -- Government Employment -- Urban Services -- The High-Order Financial and Service or "Quaternary" Sector -- Women and Children -- Female Labor -- Child Labor -- THE MEGACITY LABOR MARKET -- Labor Supply -- Labor Demand -- Labor Market Equilibrium -- Megacity Spatial (Geographical) Structure and Labor Markets -- Research Needs and Information Constraints -- LABOR MARKET PROBLEMS -- Unemployment -- Poverty and Income Inequality -- Job Mobility Constraints -- The Lack of Protection -- Big Firm Bias -- THE ROLE OF POLICY -- Goals of Policy -- The Role for Government -- Policies to Reduce Unemployment -- Macroeconomic Policies -- International Trade Policies -- Human Resource Policies -- Policies to Reduce Poverty and Income Inequality -- Minimum Wage Policies -- Informal Sector Promotion -- Policies to Eliminate Job Mobility Constraints -- Labor Unions -- Social Policies and Job Security Laws -- Transportation Strategies -- Spatial (Geographical) Redistribution Policies -- Policies to Protect Labor -- Child Labor Laws -- Health and Safety Legislation -- Privatization -- Policies to Reduce Big Firm Bias -- Small-Scale Sector Policies -- Industrial Incentive Policies -- Labor Policy and Key Megacity Issues -- THE ROLE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- ENDNOTES -- REFERENCES -- Water and Sanitation Services for Megacities in the Developing World.

PANEL ON SUSTAINABLE WATER AND SANITATION SERVICES FOR MEGACITIES -- Members -- National Research Council Staff -- WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BOARD -- Staff -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- REVIEW OF THE CURRENT SITUATION -- APPROACHES TO IMPROVED SERVICES -- Improved Sanitation -- Participatory Planning -- Financing -- The Role of Technology -- Water Conservation and Reuse -- REFERENCES -- Transportation Options for Megacities in the Developing World -- PANEL ON TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS -- Members -- Consultant -- National Research Council Staff -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- TRANSPORTATION PATTERNS IN DEVELOPING-COUNTRY MEGACITIES -- IMPROVED TRAFFIC AND DEMAND MANAGEMENT -- Technological Improvements and Traffic Adjustments -- Financial Restraint Measures -- Physical Restraint Measures -- FULL-COST PRICING -- ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES -- Improved Fuel Quality -- Vehicle Technologies -- National Standards -- PRIVATE-SECTOR PARTICIPATION -- Opportunities Within Bus Transport -- Other Opportunities -- Developer Participation -- LINKAGE OF LAND-USE PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT -- Consequences of Poor Linkage -- Opportunities for Improved Linkage -- MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS -- Importance of Nonmotorized Transport -- Multimodal Transportation Strategies -- DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES.

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