Urban Planning and Design

The Exclusion of Street Traders from the Benefits of the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa

Countdown 2015: an assessment of basic provision to migrant families in the urban slums of Ludhiana, North India

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.  

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

Rethinking the Informal Economy: Linkages with the Formal Economy and the Formal Regulatory Environment

Women Street Traders in Urban South Africa: A Synthesis of Selected Research Findings

Centre for Social and Development Studies (CSDS) Research Report, No. 15

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...

Urban Informal Workers: Representative Voice & Economic Rights

Background Paper for 2013 World Development Report on Jobs    

The Unorganized Sector and Urban Poverty: Issues in Livelihoods

The Regularising State

This article discusses a form of informality widely prevalent in small and medium cities in Maharashtra, called gunthewari. It is an examination...