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  • Research Reports

    Urbanization and Agglomeration Benefits: Gender Differentiated Impacts on Enterprise Creation in India’s Informal Sector

    This paper presents an exploration at the intersection of four important themes in the current development discourse: urbanization, agglomeration...

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  • Journal Articles

    Growth and Inequality in the Distribution of India’s Consumption Expenditure: 1983 to 2009-10Economic and Political Weekly

    This paper undertakes an assessment of the evolution of inequality in the distribution of consumption expenditure in India over the last...

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    Multiple Shocks and Slum Household Economies in South IndiaEconomy and Society

    This research uses a fresh perspective to trace the impact of multiple economic, financial and environmental shocks on slum-dwellers in the...

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

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    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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    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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  • Resource Documents

    Promoting Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Lessons From Five Countries

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    If Street Food Disappears — Projecting the Cost for Consumers in Bangkok

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