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Employment Vulnerability in the Urban Labour Market in India-The Indian Journal of Labour Economics
This study deals with the issue of employment vulnerability in the urban labour market in India. Vulnerability in the labour market has been...
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Living Conditions of Tea Plantation Workers
The strike by women workers in the tea plantations of Kerala brings to fore the miserable living conditions of the workers in this sector...
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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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Nossos filhos não recebem a atenção que merecem
Esta publicação relata os resultados de uma pesquisa em cinco cidades, que examinava o acesso das trabalhadoras informais ao cuidado de crianças...
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Empowering Home-based Workers in India: Strategies and Solutions
This publication is an outcome of a grant from the Tata Trusts to the Harvard University South Asia Institute for a project on ‘Livelihood...
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The Regularization of Street Vending in Bhubaneshwar, India: A Policy Model
After years of conflict between street traders and local authorities, the city of Bhubaneshwar, India developed a public, private and community...
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Home-Based Workers in India: Statistics and Trends
This brief presents numbers and analysis of home-based workers in India from 1999-00 to 2011-12. It is based on data collected by the National...
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Countdown 2015: an assessment of basic provision to migrant families in the urban slums of Ludhiana, North India
This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.
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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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People Working Informally: Negotiating the Use of Public Spaces in Durban City
Paper for panel entitled “Urban
Responses to Street Traders: A Comparative Perspective from India,
Kenya, and South...
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