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  • Journal Articles

    Sustainable urban development in India: An inclusive perspectiveDevelopment in Practice

    Abstract: The mainstream debate on urban development looks either at urban development or sustainable cities, and tends to miss out on people-centred...

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  • Research Reports

    Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Ahmedabad’s Street Vendors: Realities & Recommendations

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  • Journal Articles

    Working Life of Street Vendors in MumbaiThe Indian Journal Of Labour Economics

    Abstract: Street vendors in Mumbai are among the most deprived sections of the self-employed workers. This paper tries to portray the ‘working...

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  • Journal Articles

    IPRs for FarmersEconomic and Political Weekly

    A number of state agencies and non-governmental organisations have come forward to facilitate farmers/breeders to register their crop varieties...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Work-focused Responses to Disasters: India’s Self Employed Women’s Association

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  • Journal Articles

    A new generation of Bangkok Street vendors: Economic crisis as opportunity and threatCities

    In 1997, the financial crisis seriously damaged the Thai economy and led to the closing of many companies. Previously, it had been believed...

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  • Policy Briefs

    India’s National Policy on Urban Street Vendors

    India is one of very few countries to have developed a National Policy on Urban Street Vendors. Adopted in 2004, its objective is to promote...

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  • Organizing Briefs

    Informal Workers and Collective Bargaining: Five Case Studies

    This brief summarizes the findings of a set of case studies of collective bargaining by informal workers in five different countries. Included...

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  • Journal Articles

    Politics of archiving: hawkers and pavement dwellers in Calcutta.Dialectical Anthropology

    In the last decade, several influential scholars have rigorously worked on the impact of neoliberal globalization on the poor in the cities...

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  • Briefs

    Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Pakistan and Ravi Town, Lahore

    Urdu Translation

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