Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Dubai's Growth Engine


                Migrant workers in a room they share in the Sonapour labor camp outside Dubai.
                                    (Stephen Beard)
 
Migrant workers in Dubai living 6 to a room (room pictured).  American Public Media's Marketplace (marketplace.publicradio.org) did a series last week on the exploding city-state Dubai, which is part of the United Arab Emirates.  I posted a slideshow from the website showing the fantastic buildings and development taking place there.  In this slideshow (http://marketplace.publicradio.org/standard/display/slideshow.php?ftrv_id=65105&slide=1) you can see who made those buildings happen.  It makes one wonder - what kind of conditions/situations did these people leave to take this opportunity? 
 

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