Urban Planning and Design

Technology, informal workers and cities: insights from Ahmedabad (India), Durban (South Africa) and Lima (Peru)

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

Presidential intervention and the changing ‘politics of survival’ in Kampala’s informal economyLondon School of Economics and Political Science

This paper uses the case of Uganda’s capital Kampala to explore how political configurations overturn structures of city governance, with...

Organizando en las calles: Un estudio de recicladores en las calles de Ciudad del Cabo

Un resumen basado en el informe de Koni Benson y Nanadi Vanga-Mgijima, Grupo Internacional de Investigación e Información Laboral

Género y Reciclaje: Herramientas para el diseño e implementación de proyectos

La Guía de Género desarrollada por la Iniciativa Regional para el Reciclaje Inclusivo intenta proveer herramientas prácticas y concretas...

Linking the Formal and Informal Economy: Concepts and Policies

Informal Governance and Organizational Success: The Effects of Non-Compliance among Lima’s Street Vending Organizations

Value Chain Analysis for Policy-Makers and Practitioners

Challenging city imaginaries: Street traders’ struggles in Warwick Junction

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The Municipal Waste and Citizenship Forum: A Platform for Social Inclusion and Participation

A critical source of success of the Belo Horizonte model of including waste pickers into urban plans has been the high level of organization...

Chapter 3 – Different Sectors, Different Challenges