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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

    The Absence of State Law: Domestic Workers in IndiaCanadian Journal of Women and the Law

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  • Project Reports

    Interplay of Women, Money and Power: SEWA Members’ Perspective

    Talk given at the Conference on ‘Women, Money, Power’ held by Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, October...

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  • Research Reports

    Exposure Dialogue Programme – Personal Reflection

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  • Journal Articles

    Planning as Practice? Governing Conjunctures and Informal Urbanisation in Solapur Town

    Solapur is a town in Maharashtra with a vibrant industrial legacy, yet fraught with spatial and socio-economic divisions in the contemporary...

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  • Research Reports

    Decent Work in Ahmedabad: An Integrated Approach

    This paper examines the recent history, political economy and trends in urbanization in Ahmedabad and discusses a number of integrated policies...

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  • Research Reports

    Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Street Vendors

    This report synthesizes qualitative and quantitative data from the first (2012) round of IEMS fieldwork in the street vendor sector in five...

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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

    Executive Summary: Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Waste Pickers

    The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide credible, grounded evidence of the range of driving forces, both positive...

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