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  • Journal Articles

    Africa’s World Trade: Informal Economies and Globalization from Below.

    Are Africa’s world markets really contributing to development across the continent for individuals, nations and regions? This is the...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    The Self-Employed Women’s Association

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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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  • Technical Briefs

    How to Assess Security of Tenure and Emulate Mortgages for Financing Semi-Formal Homes: Lessons from Mahila Housing SEWA Trust

    Nohn and Bhatt’s Technical Brief examines how the Mahila Housing Trust (MHT) has tackled the issue of housing loans in contexts of tenure...

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  • Journal Articles

    The Making of “World-Class” Delhi: Relations Between Street Hawkers and the New Middle Class.Antipode

    Urban India is undergoing transformation as formal electoral politics increasingly favors the new middle class. Scholarship tends to compartmentalize...

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  • Resource Documents

    Promoting Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Lessons From Five Countries

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  • Research Reports
  • Journal Articles

    The effects of outsourcing on occupational health and safety: A comparative study of factory-based workers and outworkers in the Australian clothing industry

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    The Politics of Urban Space in Mumbai: 'Citizens' versus the Urban Poor

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  • Research Reports

    Empowering Women in an Insecure World. Joining SEWA Makes a Difference.

    Abstract: This paper examines what significance membership in SEWA has. SEWA, a trade union of self-employed poor women, uses several strategies...

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