India

National Policy on Urban Street Vendors

Glittering Threads: A Socio Economic Study of Women Zari Workers

The Urban Informal Workforce: Home-Based Workers

These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive...

Integrating the Urban Poor in Planning and Governance Systems, India

This paper is Working Paper 3 in the CUE Working Papers Series. More information and other related research papers are available on the website...

Walking and Cycling in Indian Cities: A Struggle for Reclaiming Road Edges

Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Catadores e Catadoras em Pune, na Índia

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What explains gender differences in India? What can be done to promote shared prosperity?

Although its economic development has been impressive, recent events have sparked debate about India’s gender inequality. This column argues...

The Importance of Being ‘Rurban’Economic and Political Weekly

A categorical distinction is facing rough weather–that between urban and rural. If we take just agriculture, there is so much of the...

Positioning women homeworkers in a global footwear production network: How can homeworkers improve agency, influence and claim rights?The Journal of Industrial Relations

Abstract: This article analyses the position of women footwear homeworkers, using global production networks as a conceptual lens. Using...

Protecting caste livelihoods on the western coast of India: an intersectional analysis of Udupi’s fisherwomen

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