Asia & the Pacific

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Pakistan and Ravi Town, Lahore

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