Around the world, there are often contentious debates on whether or not to provide social safety net programs to the poor. Critics often…
Based on survey research and ethnographic interviews, we analyze struggles over housing and access to infrastructure in two low-income "…
In this paper I sketch key episodes in the two thousand year history of interactions between society and environment that have shaped the…
Does the government control of school systems facilitate equality in school quality? Whether centralized or localized control produces more…
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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.…
This brief provides a practical guide to collecting and compiling statistics on specific categories of informal workers – home based…