Urban Planning and Design

Enhancing Productivity in the Urban Informal Economy

This publication argues for a radical and new policy paradigm, to promote inclusion of informal workers in urban dialogues, and mainstream...

Inclusive Public Spaces for Informal Livelihoods: A Discussion Paper for Urban Planners and Policy Makers

The Discussion Paper opens with a brief overview of academic discourse and policy debates on public space. Section II presents recent statistical...

Part I: The Making and Unmaking of a Model Market for Street Vendors

Nothing about us without us: A case study of the dynamics of the informal workplace in Mitchell’s Plain Town Centre

This research paper is part of the Development and Labour Monograph Series.

The Trade Policy Context

Labor Market Informalization and Social Policy: Distributional Links and the Case of Homebased Workers

Vassar College Economics Working Paper, No. 60

Structural Adjustment Programmes and the Urban Informal Sector in Ghana

Issues in Development, Discussion Paper, No. 3

Deus é meu Despertador

Série Vida dos Trabalhadores. Dona Maria Brás foi uma força incansável na luta das cooperativas de catadores brasileiros contra a perseguição...

Approaches to Basic Service Delivery for the Working Poor: Assessing the Impact of Mahila Housing Trust’s Parivartan Slum Upgrading Programme in Ahmedabad, India

Increased urbanization in India has meant more poor people live in hazardous conditions, lacking access to even basic facilities and services....

Good Ideas from Successful Cities: Municipal Leadership in Immigrant Integration

Summary from Cities of Migration: