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Books & Book Chapters

Archiving the City in Flux

“Archiving the City in Flux examines new modes of informal urban interventions in public space in Cairo that have emerged since January...

Books & Book Chapters

Ambulantes e Direito à Cidade

Street Vendors and the Right to the City is also available in English.

Journal Articles

ASR Forum: Engaging with African Informal Economies: Social Inclusion of Adverse Incorporation? INCORPORATION? (Introduction)African Studies Review

Books & Book Chapters

Black Money, Black Labor: Collection of Brokerage Fees from Migrant Caregivers in Israel

From the paper’s introdution: “Kav LaOved conducted a survey in March 2013, with data from 835 migrant workers who arrived in...

Research Reports

City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Durban, South Africa

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Employment Vulnerability in the Urban Labour Market in India-The Indian Journal of Labour Economics

This study deals with the issue of employment vulnerability in the urban labour market in India. Vulnerability in the labour market has been...

Research Reports

Executive Summary-Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Durban, South Africa

This report examines street vending in Durban, South Africa. The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) seeks to provide credible, grounded...

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Home-Based Workers in India: Statistics and Trends

This brief presents numbers and analysis of home-based workers in India from 1999-00 to 2011-12. It is based on data collected by the National...

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Home-Based Workers in Pakistan: Statistics and Trends

This report presents statistics and trends on home-based workers in Pakistan, based on data from the Labour Force Survey for two points in...

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Improving Skills Development in the Informal Sector

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