All posts in Asia & the Pacific
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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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Journal Articles
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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Journal Articles
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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Research Reports
Our Children Do Not Get the Attention They Deserve
This report presents the results of a five-city research study examining informal women workers’ access to child care in Brazil, Ghana,...
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Research Reports
The Triple Absence of Labour Rights: Triangular Labour Relations and Informalisation in the Construction and Garment Sectors in Delhi and Shanghai
Working Paper 32/17 from the Centre for Development Policy and Research presents a summary of the findings of “The ESRC-DFID Research...
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Working Papers
Urban Employment in India: Recent Trends and Patterns
Working Paper 7 was first published in 2011 and was updated in 2014. This paper explores trends in urban employment in India, with a focus...
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