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  • Journal Articles

    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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  • Journal Articles

    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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  • 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

    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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  • Research Reports

    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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  • Policy Briefs

    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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  • Statistical Briefs

    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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  • Journal Articles

    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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  • Research Reports

    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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  • Research Reports

    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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