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Journal Articles
Poverty and Social Protection in Urban India: Targeting Efficiency and Poverty Impacts of the Targeted Public Distribution SystemThe Indian Journal of Labour Economics
This paper draws on household survey data in two Indian cities, Delhi and Ranchi to study key issues related to poverty and social protection...
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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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Research Reports
Sumário Executivo: Relatório do Setor Estudo de Monitoramento de Economia Informal: Catadores
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Research Reports
Um resumo dos resultados da pesquisa sobre o cuidado das crianças e trabalhadoras informais de 6 organizações de base (OBs) de trabalhadoras/es pobres
Esta publicação é um resumo de “Nossos filhos não recebem a atenção que merecem”: Um resumo dos resultados da pesquisa sobre...
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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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Books & Book Chapters
The Politics of Urban Space in Mumbai: ‘Citizens’ versus the Urban Poor
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Research Reports
Home Based Work in India: A Disappearing Continuum of Dependence?
Paper presented at the EGDI and UNU-WIDER Conference Unlocking Human Potential: Linking the Informal and Formal Sectors, September 17-18...
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Research Reports
Reconceptualizing the urban “informal sector” in underdeveloped countries: An overview of the Brazilian, Indian and South African cases
Paper written for GLU Conference, Mumbai, 22-24 February 2009
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Policy Briefs
India’s National Policy on Urban Street Vendors
India is one of very few countries to have developed a National Policy on Urban Street Vendors. Adopted in 2004, its objective is to promote...
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Journal Articles
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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