Urban Planning and Design

Extending Livelihood Opportunities and Social Protection to Empower Poor Urban Informal Workers in Asia

“Law Exclusion Zones”: Mega-Events as Sites of Procedural and Substantive Human Rights ViolationsYale Human Rights and Development Law Journal

Abstract: In the Rio de Janeiro community of Vila Harmonia, nestled amidst the beachfront high-rises of the city’s growing middle and upper...

Literature Survey: Informality and Planning

Firmes Multinationales, Commerce Ambulant et Mobilité à Mexico

Perceptions of Costs and Benefits of Informal-Formal Linkages: Market and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana

The Politics of Urban Space in Mumbai: ‘Citizens’ versus the Urban Poor

Informal Governance and Organizational Success: The Effects of Non-Compliance among Lima’s Street Vending Organizations

Promoting the Interests of Women in the Informal Economy: An Analysis of Street Trader Organizations in South Africa

Centre for Social and Development Studies (CSDS) Research Report, No. 19

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Philippines and Quezon City

This paper considers whether national and local government budgets in the Philippines make a difference to informal economy workers – particularly...

Mixed-Use Zoning and Home-Based Production in India

This technical brief critically assesses land-use zoning regulations, both generally and specifically in India, with particular reference...