1. City
Talk:
What
is
making
ci2es
around
the
world
thrive?
Rushanara
Ali
MP
Member
of
Parliament
for
Bethnal
Green
and
Bow
Shadow
Minister
for
Interna2onal
Development

2. My
story
•
I
was
born
in
Bangladesh
in
1975
and
moved
to
the
UK
at
the
age
of
7
with
my
family.
I
grew
up
in
East
London,
the
area
I
now
represent
•
I
was
elected
as
the
member
of
Parliament
for
Bethnal
Green
and
Bow
at
the
last
UK
General
ElecEon
in
May
2010
•
I
am
the
first
person
of
BriEsh-­‐Bengali
heritage
to
be
elected
to
the
House
of
Commons.
•
Before
becoming
MP,
I
was
Associate
Director
of
the
Young
FoundaEon.
Previously,
I
worked
at
the
CommuniEes
Directorate
of
the
Home
Office
(2002
–
2005),
the
Foreign
and
Commonwealth
Office
(2000-­‐2001);
as
a
Research
Fellow
at
the
InsEtute
for
Public
Policy
Research
(1999-­‐2002).Assistant
to
Lord
Young
of
DarEngton.
Founder
of
Young
FoundaEon.

3. Urbanisa2on
•
For
the
first
Eme
in
history,
more
than
half
of
the
world’s
people
live
in
ciEes.
•
Over
90%
of
urban
growth
is
occurring
in
developing
countries,
which
add
an
esEmated
70
million
new
urban
residents
each
year.
•
The
urban
populaEon
of
the
world’s
two
poorest
regions,
South
Asia
and
Sub-­‐Saharan
Africa,
is
expected
to
double
over
the
next
20
years.
•
CiEes
account
for
some
70%
of
global
GDP.
•
No
country
has
grown
to
middle-­‐income
status
without
industrialising
and
urbanising.
London,
United
Kingdom
Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Johannesburg,
South
Africa

4. Economic
indicators
in
London
•
esEmates
show
that
the
UK
economy
grew
by
0.7%
in
Q2
2013,
following
growth
of
0.3%
in
Q1
2013.
Since
2007,
London
has
outperformed
the
rest
of
the
UK
economy.
• Unemployment
rates
across
the
UK
increased
between
Q4
2007
and
Q4
2012.
London
had
the
lowest
increase
at
1.8%.
Within
London
the
highest
unemployment
rate
for
the
year
to
December
2012
was
in
Newham
at
13.2%.
•
Prices
in
the
UK
are
rising
faster
than
wages
meaning
people
are
nearly
£1,500
a
year
worse
off
than
they
were
in
2010.
•
Employees
on
zero-­‐hours
contracts
are
being
paid
40%
less
per
hour
than
other
employees.
As
many
as
1
million
people
in
the
UK
could
be
employed
on
zero-­‐hours
contracts.
•
The
number
of
unemployed
claimants
in
my
consEtuency
in
July
2013
was
4,785.
This
represents
a
rate
of
7.2%
of
the
economically
acEve
populaEon
aged
16
to
64,
the
97th
highest
of
the
650
UK
consEtuencies.
42%
children
live
in
poverty
and
22,000
people
on
public
housing
waiEng
list
with
only
2,000
available
social
housing
properEes
available
for
rent.

5. Social
indicators
in
London
•
In
2011,
London
had
the
largest
proporEon
of
people
from
non-­‐White
ethnic
groups
(38.6%)
in
the
UK.
•
In
2011,
London
was
the
desEnaEon
for
28%
of
all
long-­‐term
migrants
to
the
UK.
•
London
has
the
highest
proporEon
of
socially
rented
housing
in
England.
The
proporEon
of
people
living
in
relaEve
poverty
is
also
the
highest
in
the
UK.
•
In
2010,
24%
of
homes
in
London
were
rented
from
local
authoriEes
and
social
landlords,
compared
with
the
UK
average
of
18%.
26%
of
homes
were
privately
rented,
above
the
UK
average
of
17%.
•
A
fiih
of
children
in
London
lived
in
workless
households
in
Q2
2011
(20.7%),
the
highest
proporEon
in
the
UK.
•
Crime
rates
in
London
are
among
the
highest
in
England.
Police
recorded
crimes,
which
include
crimes
against
visitors
to
London,
amounted
to
107
per
1,000
populaEon
in
2010/11.
•
Life
expectancy
at
birth
in
London
was
above
the
UK
average
in
the
three-­‐year
period
2008
to
2010
at
79.0
years
for
males
and
83.3
years
for
females.

6. The
London
2012
Olympic
and
Paralympic
Games

8. The
East
End
of
London
Brick
Lane,
London
Columbia
Road
Flower
Market,
London
Bethnal
Green
and
Bow,
London
•
Bethnal
Green
and
Bow
is
an
exciEng,
dynamic
and
diverse
part
of
London.
Some
of
the
greatest
social
reforms
of
the
past
100
years
-­‐
matchgirls
strikes
125
years
ago
-­‐
the
trade
union
movement,
Suffragekes
and
the
welfare
state
have
come
from
ideas
inspired
by
the
East
End
and
its
people.
Long
history
of
innovaEon
in
campaigning,
social
and
poliEcal
reform.
•
Bethnal
Green
and
Bow
is
known
for
its
vibrancy,
its
cultural
acEvity,
its
places
and
its
people.
Whitechapel
gallery,
Columbia
Road
flower
market,
and
Spitalfields
market
are
just
some
of
the
places
that
akract
thousands
of
locals
and
visitors
from
around
the
world.
•
long
history
of
migraEon
from
the
Huguenots,
Jews,
Irish,
Pakistanis,
Bengalis,
to
the
Somalis
to
name
just
a
few.
Diversity
and
innovaEon
–
in
the
arts,
community
and
civil
society
organisaEons
• But
high
levels
of
inequality,
Between
the
glikering
towers
of
the
city
of
London
and
Canary
Wharf
and
next
door
to
Olympic
village
–
which
saw
£9billion
investment
and
more
investment
and
jobs
to
follow
–
but
unemployment
went
up
during
the
summer
of
Olympics.
Legacy
challenge

9. Innova2ve
organisa2ons
Rushanara
Ali
MP,
Alveena
Malik
and
Daw
Aung
San
Suu
Kyi
promoEng
UpRising
David
Lammy
MP
and
Rushanara
Ali
MP
with
Fastlaners
Studio
Schools
UpRising

10. Urbanisa2on
in
developing
countries

11. Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Rana
Plaza
building
collapse
in
Savar,
Bangladesh
(April
2013)
Kamrangirchar
slum
of
Dhaka,
Bangladesh
•
Growth
rates
in
Bangladesh
are
at
about
6%
a
year,
according
to
the
World
Bank.
•
Bangladesh
is
one
of
Goldman
Sachs’
‘The
Next
Eleven’
countries
which
have
the
potenEal,
along
with
the
BRICS,
to
become
the
world’s
largest
economies
in
the
21st
century.
•
Over
the
decade,
the
number
of
poor
people
in
Bangladesh
declined
by
26%.
However,
in
2010,
31.5%
of
people
in
Bangladesh
lived
under
the
poverty
line.
•
Mass
urban
migraEon
that
has
made
Dhaka
the
world’s
most
rapidly
expanding
city.
•
In
2007,
the
World
Bank
esEmated
that
nearly
half
of
Dhaka's
populaEon
of
more
than
12
million
live
in
slums.
Other
countries
–
innovaEon
even
in
face
of
adversity
–
Lebanon
and
syrian
refugees,
PalesEnian
camps

12. Innova2ve
solu2ons
in
Bangladesh
Muhammad
Yunus
and
Grameen
Bank’s
borrower-­‐owners
Flood
defence
barriers
in
Kishergonj,
Bangladesh
FloaEng
vegetable
gardens
in
Kishergonj,
Bangladesh