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Journal Articles
Sidewalk Informality: An Examination of Street Vending Regulation in ChinaInternational Planning Studies
Street vending represents a vital and growing aspect of the urban informal economy that is often the subject of municipal regulatory efforts...
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Research Reports
Towards Economic Freedom: The Impact of SEWA
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Policy Briefs
Health Insurance in India: The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana
This policy brief explores the challenges faced by India’s poor workers in using the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), the largest...
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Working Papers
Forging a New Conceptualization of “The Public” in Waste Management
The involvement of informal workers in municipal service delivery is generally theorized and studied as a key component of a neoliberal privatization...
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Books & Book Chapters
Redefined Labour Spaces: Organising Workers in Post-Liberalised India
This book discusses the transformation of labour movements and trade unionism in post-liberalised India. It looks at emerging collectivism,...
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Books & Book Chapters
The Politics of Urban Space in Mumbai: ‘Citizens’ versus the Urban Poor
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Books & Book Chapters
Worker Identity, Agency and Economic Development: Women’s Empowerment in the Indian Informal Economy
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City/Country Level Reports
Urban India 2011: Evidence
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Journal Articles
New Governance and the Role of Public and Private Monitoring of Labor Conditions: Sweatshops and China Social Compliance for Textile and Apparel Industry/CSC9000T
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Journal Articles
Street Vendor Livelihoods and Everyday Politics in Hanoi, Vietnam: The Seeds of a Diverse Economy?
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