Mega Events & the Urban Working Poor

James Duminy, assisted by Thembi Luckett, South Africa-based researchers, have completed an annotated bibliography from the perspective of the working poor that brings together and assesses the substantial literature on mega events: Literature Survey: Mega-Events and the Working Poor, with a Special Reference to the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Informed by the core concerns of the project, Glen Robbins, a South African-based researcher, has collated lessons learned from the 2010 Soccer World Cup for activists in host cities in Brazil. This paper will be posted here soon.

Shalini Sinha, alongside the National Alliance of Street Vendors of India, has worked on documenting and disseminating the impact of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.