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Books & Book Chapters
The Unorganized Sector and Urban Poverty: Issues in Livelihoods
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Worker Story
Small World, Big Goals: A Home-Based Garment Worker in Delhi
From her Delhi home, Farida-ben embroiders garments for foreign retailers. Denied an education and other options, she has done this work...
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City/Country Level Reports
Report on Scrap Collectors, Scrap Traders, and Recycling Enterprises in Pune
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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
Documenting the Lack of Labour Rights in India’s Construction Sector
The Centre for Development Policy and Research is pleased to announce the publication of Development Viewpoint #80: “Documenting the Lack...
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Technical Briefs
How to Assess Security of Tenure and Emulate Mortgages for Financing Semi-Formal Homes: Lessons from Mahila Housing SEWA Trust
Nohn and Bhatt’s Technical Brief examines how the Mahila Housing Trust (MHT) has tackled the issue of housing loans in contexts of tenure...
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Journal Articles
Informal Labour in India and Indonesia: Surmounting organizing barriersLabour, Capital and Society
Abstract: A key aspect of facilitating a transformation to a more just and equitable society should be the facilitation of decent work, through...
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Journal Articles
Socio-economic status of workers of building construction industry
Industrialization with the introduction of newly developed technologies plays an important role for development of a country. Building construction...
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Research Reports
Technology at the base of the pyramid: insights from Ahmedabad (India), Durban (South Africa) and Lima (Peru)
Final report for the Technology and the Future of Work Project undertaken by Practical Action and WIEGO with support from the Rockefeller...
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Journal Articles
Technology, informal workers and cities: insights from Ahmedabad (India), Durban (South Africa) and Lima (Peru)
This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.
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