Governments around the world are increasingly recognizing the power of problem-oriented governance as a way to address complex public…
Are the well-known facts about urbanization in the United States also true for the developing world? We compare American metropolitan areas…
This chapter explains the necessity of health care for the working poor, especially women. It also provides solutions to address barriers…
Based on survey research and ethnographic interviews, we analyze struggles over housing and access to infrastructure in two low-income "…
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A housing lottery in an Indian city provided winning slum dwellers the
opportunity to move into improved housing on the city’s periphery.…
We combine newly created data on per student government expenditure on children in government
elementary schools across India, data on per…
Home-based workers produce goods or services for the market from within or around their own homes: stitching garments and weaving textiles…
The clamour for the right to social pensions is another attempt to deal with the Indian state’s inability to provide adequate social…
It is conventional wisdom that it is possible to reduce exposure to indoor air pollution, improve
health outcomes, and decrease greenhouse…