India

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,...

Middle India and Urban-Rural Development

From the publisher: “Middle India and Rural-Urban Development explores the socio-economic conditions of an ‘India’ that falls between...

Hawkers and the Urban Informal Sector: A Study of Street Vending in Seven Cities

The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of the problems of street vendors in urban areas. The study discusses the profession...

Decent work deficits in informal economy: Case of Surat

Power in Global Value Chains: Implications for Employment and Livelihoods in the Cashew Nut Industry in India

Special Issue on Unorganized WorkersThe Indian Journal of Industrial Relations

The informal economy has always existed in India, but it was seen neither as an important part of the economy, nor as a theoretical category...

Impact of Price Rise on Poor Households

Illegal Mining, Impatient Mafia and Ill-treated Administrators

As the construction sector grows, illegal sand and granite mining can only be expected to increase. From what can be seen until now, honest...

Planning as Practice? Governing Conjunctures and Informal Urbanisation in Solapur Town

Solapur is a town in Maharashtra with a vibrant industrial legacy, yet fraught with spatial and socio-economic divisions in the contemporary...

Decent Work in Ahmedabad: An Integrated Approach

This paper examines the recent history, political economy and trends in urbanization in Ahmedabad and discusses a number of integrated policies...