Urban Planning and Design

Improving the Regulatory Framework for Income Enhancement of the Urban Poor: A Case Study of Lima

Unleashing the Economic Potential of Agglomeration in African Cities

This paper is part of the Global Urban Economic Dialogue Series of UN-Habitat. UN-Habitat describes the paper as follows: “Rapid urbanisation...

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...

Waste Pickers and Cities

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.  

Urban Livelihoods: Reviewing the Evidence in Support of the New Urban Agenda

The New Urban Agenda, the 20-year strategy on sustainable urbanization, was formally adopted by over 160 countries at the United Nations...

Why the Poor Need Property Rights

Innovative Practices for the Urban Informal Economy

An expert group meeting was convened to discuss case studies of regulatory inform of the urban informal sector in six developing country...

Informal Labour Markets and Development

Rethinking the Informal Economy: Linkages with the Formal Economy and the Formal Regulatory Environment

People Working Informally: Negotiating the Use of Public Spaces in Durban City

Paper for panel entitled “Urban Responses to Street Traders: A Comparative Perspective from India, Kenya, and South...