India

Street Vendors in the Urban EconomyIndia International Centre Quarterly

In most Indian cities the urban poor survive by working in the informal economy. Poverty and lack of gainful employment in the rural areas...

Politics of archiving: hawkers and pavement dwellers in Calcutta.Dialectical Anthropology

In the last decade, several influential scholars have rigorously worked on the impact of neoliberal globalization on the poor in the cities...

Women and Men Operators of Enterprises in India’s Informal Sector

Women and Men Operators of Enterprises in India’s Informal Sector presents a profile of non-agricultural, informal sector (proprietary, sole...

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

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Hawkers and the Urban Informal Sector: A Study of Street Vending in Seven Cities

The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of the problems of street vendors in urban areas. The study discusses the profession...

Wages and Incomes in Formal and Informal Sectors in India

Failing the Grade: How Cities Across India are Breaking the Rules, Ignoring the Informal Recycling Sector and Unable to Make the Grade

Indian policies and rules, while not perfect, have some important safeguards and recognition for informal sector recyclers, particularly...

Informality and Gender in the Labour Market for Muslims in India: Has education been a route out of poverty?

SEWA Project: Productivity Impact Study

SEWA has for a number of years been involved in the participatory design of work equipment prototypes for various sectors of the informal...

Innovative Practices for the Urban Informal Economy

An expert group meeting was convened to discuss case studies of regulatory inform of the urban informal sector in six developing country...