Urban Planning and Design

Construindo a cidadania: avanços e limites do Projeto de Coleta Seletiva em parceria com a ASMARE

Policies, Regulations and Organizational Capacity of Women Street Vendors in Kenya

IDS Discussion Paper Number 299

Seeing from the South: Refocusing urban planning on the globe’s central urban issues

Recycling in Belo Horizonte, Brazil – An Overview of Inclusive Programming

Brazil is one of the world’s most progressive countries in integrating waste pickers in solid waste management systems, and Belo Horizonte...

Chapter 5 – Tackling Urban Management Issues: A Cooperative Effort

Housing Finance for Poor Working Women: Innovations of the Self-Employed Women’s Association in India

The Self-Employed Womens Association (SEWA) of India recognizes that the home is a paramount productive asset, especially for poor women....

We Need to Start Respecting Informal Workers

In the midst of rapid urbanization, the question of whether and how to formalize the informal economy is a growing concern.

Urbanization and (In)Formalization

Urban livelihoods: reviewing the evidence in support of the New Urban Agenda

SUMMARY: The New Urban Agenda (NUA) recognizes the role played by the urban informal economy and makes bold commitments to inclusive urban...

Urban Livelihoods: Reviewing the Evidence in Support of the New Urban Agenda

The New Urban Agenda, the 20-year strategy on sustainable urbanization, was formally adopted by over 160 countries at the United Nations...