India

Public Space, Public Waste, and the Right to the City

Abstract: I draw on my experiences as an organizer with a waste-pickers collective, Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat in Pune, India,...

Understanding the diffusion modes of grassroots innovations in India: A study of Honey Bee Network supported innovators

Abstract: In this paper we examine the outcomes and connections of preferences of the non-formal innovators identified by the Honey Bee Network...

Reality and Analysis: Personal and Technical Reflections on the Working Lives of Six Women

Flexibility of Labour in Globalizing India

Do Economic Reforms Influence Home-Based Work? Evidence From India

Resistance and Compliance in the Age of Globalization: Indian Women and Labor Organizations

Abstract: This article summarizes findings obtained through ethnographic research conducted in three states in India between 2002 and 2004....

The Unorganized Sector and Urban Poverty: Issues in Livelihoods

Women’s Home-Centered Work in India: The Gendered Politics of SpaceInternational Planning Development Review

The increase in poorly paid home-centred work has become a global phenomenon. In India, social restrictions on women’s spatial mobility...

The Urban Informal Workforce: Street Vendors

These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive...

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Home-Based Workers

This is the Executive Summary of the full Sector Report that synthesizes qualitative and quantitative data from the first (2012) round of...