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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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