All posts in Asia & the Pacific
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Journal Articles
An Economic Analysis of a Public-Private-Community Partnership: The Case of Solid Waste Management in Dhaka, BangladeshWorld Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development
This paper assesses the economic efficiency of a public-private community partnership in urban solid waste management in Dhaka City. Based...
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Research Reports
The Role of CBO in Social Protection – some experiences of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), India
Paper prepared for the conference, Rethinking Economy: Social/Solidarity Economy in China and the World, Beijing, China, 27-28th April 2013. ...
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Journal Articles
Organising home-based workers in the global economy: an action-research approachDevelopment in Practice
Abstract: This article describes an action-research project which has the multiple objectives of mapping the range of home-based work in...
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Research Reports
Law, Regulations and Rights of Street Vendors: Ahmedabad
From the preface: This working paper forms part of the research project, Making Space for the Poor: Law, Rights, Regulation and Street-Trade...
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Patterns and Practices of Spatial Transformation in Non-Metros: The Case of Tiruchengode
Urban transformation in Tiruchengode town in Tamil Nadu has been predominantly driven by processes internal to it. It has been driven by...
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Research Reports
Law, Rights and Regulation for Street Vending in Globalising Ahmedabad
Abstract: This working paper forms part of the research project, Making Space for the Poor: Law, Rights, Regulation and Street-Trade in the...
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One Step Forward or More Window Dressing? A Legal Analysis of Recent CSR Initiatives in the Garment Industry in BangladeshInternational Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations
Abstract: The Bangladesh ready-made garment industry has recently been the scene of a number of major accidents, with the collapse of the...
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Books & Book Chapters
‘Life Has Educated Me’: Building Interpersonal Networks through the Jadibanagar Slum Upgrading Project
This study is a jointly produced outcome from the reflection and sharing of group participants in the Exposure Dialogue Programme (EDP)....
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Research Reports
Migrant Construction Workers in Ahmedabad: A Profile
Over the years, Rajasthani migrants have come to overwhelmingly occupy specific trade niches in Ahmedabad.
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Research Reports
Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Waste Pickers
Waste pickers are one of the three urban informal worker groups – along with street vendors and home-based workers – who are the focus of...
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