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THE FORTUNE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PYRAMID
DEVELOPMENT AS SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
QUOTE
Corruption decreases the amount of wealth in a country and lowers the standard of living.
LEARNING EXPECTATION:
To learn the needs of the urban poor did not receive, since the abolition of Local Government, the full attention they deserved.   The machinery of government could not properly address these problems.  Thus, many urban and sub-urban areas became severely deficient in the provision of roads, drainage and other social amenities.  Housing for the poor and elderly was the sector which fell furthest behind the mainstream of the new Barbadian Society.  Conditions in this sector became most inadequate and deplorable.
REVIEW:
To find solutions to such problems as population density, quality of life and the impact of poverty on urban dwellers, aesthetic appearance of dwellings against the urban landscape and patterns of ownership, inter alia, created an Urban Development Commission to execute a Programme of Urban Renewal.
The Urban Development Commission was established in August 1997 with a mandate to fast-track the delivery of services to the Greater Bridgetown Area (GBA).  The Commission, through its Urban Renewal Initiative, embarked on a multi-faceted programme to eradicate poverty in the GBA through the institution of entrepreneurship, the provision of social and infrastructural amenities in urban tenantries and the development of healthy community life.
LESSONS LEARNED:
The Committee administers and approves access to the Poverty Eradication Fund, which was established to assist the most vulnerable groups in our society in times of acute needs, particularly where such needs cannot be met from traditional sources of funding.  The fund helps to speed up the delivery of social services to persons whose circumstances place them in financial difficulties such as the inability to provide basic food, shelter and meet elementary survival requirements.
The fund supports a philosophical setting whereby the stigma of welfarism is eradicated and all are empowered to generate sustained, viable livelihoods.  To this end, programmes for the pursuit of skills training and practical education for living are encouraged.  In some cases, some applicants for support may simply need more guidance and exposure along the lines of opportunities that exist as an alternative to welfarism.
INTEGRATIVE QUESTIONS:
1.    What is the execution of a programme of renewal of the physical environment of those city districts that have suffered the greatest degradation?
2.    What are the   restoration of buildings of architectural interest as a means of both preserving the national heritage and providing jobs?
3.    What are the  construction of roads and improved drainage in urban tenantries?.
4.    The enforcement of  landlords to obtain a certificate?
5.    The enforcement of  the Town Planning Regulations for tenantries,?