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  • Policy Briefs

    Housing and Urban Service Needs of Home-Based Workers: Findings From a Seven-Country Study

    This policy brief considers linkages between urban infrastructure and livelihood issues for home-based workers. It is based on a series of...

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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

    Living Conditions of Tea Plantation Workers

    The strike by women workers in the tea plantations of Kerala brings to fore the miserable living conditions of the workers in this sector...

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  • Journal Articles

    Food SecurityEconomic and Political Weekly

    Bihar’s public distribution system used to be one of the worst in India, but the system has improved significantly from 2011 onwards....

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Informality and Inclusive Green Growth

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  • Research Reports

    Childcare Initiative Summary Report – Hindi

    कामकाजी गरीब से संबंधित छह सदस्य-आधारित संगठनों (MBOs) से असंगठित महिला श्रमिकों और बच्चों की देखभाल पर शोध निष्कर्षों का सारांश

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  • Journal Articles

    Working Women and Security: Self Employed Women’s Association’s Response to Crisis

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  • Journal Articles

    Special Issue on Unorganized WorkersThe Indian Journal of Industrial Relations

    The informal economy has always existed in India, but it was seen neither as an important part of the economy, nor as a theoretical category...

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  • Research Reports

    Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors

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  • Journal Articles

    Technology, informal workers and cities: insights from Ahmedabad (India), Durban (South Africa) and Lima (Peru)

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

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