All posts in Asia & the Pacific
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Journal Articles
Informality, Returns to Education and Labour Market Integration in China-The Indian Journal of Labour Economics
This study analyses data from household surveys in six large Chinese cities in 2010 to describe the nature of informal employment and estimate...
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Research Reports
Valuing Informal Integration: Inclusive Recycling in North Africa and the Middle East
Report highlighting cases from North Africa and the Middle East of inclusive waste management systems. Lessons for improved practice in waste...
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Journal Articles
Economic Survey 2014-15Economic and Political Weekly
The Economic Survey is an important economic document published every year by the Ministry of Finance. This article undertakes a critical...
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Journal Articles
Globalization, The Financial Crisis and Petty Production in India’s Socially Regulated Informal Economy
Abstract: This essay explores theoretical and practical problems arising from the impact of liberalization/globalization and its latest crisis...
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In the Shadow of the States: The Informalities of Chinese Petty Entrepreneurship in NigeriaJournal of Current Chinese Affairs
The burgeoning interstate relation between China and Nigeria is in fact hiding the vulnerable condition of transnational Chinese petty entrepreneurship. ...
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Technical Briefs
Mixed-Use Zoning and Home-Based Production in India
This technical brief critically assesses land-use zoning regulations, both generally and specifically in India, with particular reference...
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Research Reports
The Urban Informal Workforce: Waste Pickers/Recyclers
These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive...
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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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Journal Articles
Rethinking technological choices and knowledge production in the mines and on the factory floor: Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha’s experiences in central India
Abstract: This paper seeks to locate in the experiences of the Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha, a workers’ collective in Central India, an alternative...
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Research Reports
Street Vendors in Asia: A Review
This paper aims to review recent research on street vendors in Asia with the purpose of assessing the magnitude of street vending in different...
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