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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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