Urban Planning and Design

It’s Time to Welcome the Informal Workforce to the Urban Policy Table

In the first of a series of articles on urban livelihoods focused on inclusive urban planning for the working poor produced through a collaboration...

Supporting Women Home-Based Workers: The Approach of the Self-Employed Womens, Association in India

The Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) of India is a national labour union that organizes women, workers in the informal economy...

Patterns and Practices of Spatial Transformation in Non-Metros: The Case of Tiruchengode

Urban transformation in Tiruchengode town in Tamil Nadu has been predominantly driven by processes internal to it. It has been driven by...

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,...

The nature of the South African informal sector as reflected in the quarterly labour-force survey, 2008-2014

Abstract of this REDI working paper: This paper presents an analysis of the nature of, and recent trends in, the South African informal sector...

Street Traders and the Emerging Spaces for Urban Voice and Citizenship in African Cities

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Foreigner Street Traders Working in Inner City Durban: Local Government Policy Challenges

Literature Survey: Mega-Events and the Working Poor, with a Special Reference to the 2010 FIFA World Cup

Street Vendors in Asia: A Review

This paper aims to review recent research on street vendors in Asia with the purpose of assessing the magnitude of street vending in different...

Integrating the Informal Sector in the Modernization Process

Paper prepared for Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Development Forum on Productive Employment and Decent Work, 8-9 May 2006 ...