📣Call for papers📣 World Bank Research , IGC Cities that Work , The Elliott School , IIEP at GWU & Millennium Challenge Corporation will be co-hosting the 8th Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Research Conference on 7-8 March, 2024. Deadline to submit your paper: 17 November 2023. More details below worldbank.org/en/events/2024…

"Recognising street vendors, domestic workers, home-based workers and waste pickers by acknowledging their key role in urban economies and their co-production of urban plans, will help create cleaner, greener, socially responsive, vibrant, and ultimately resilient #cities."

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Looks like informal livelihoods of migrants will be a necessary part of this project

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🎆💓Street vendors are not only essential workers, they are a joy for the cities! #UrbanOctober

"Informal waste pickers supply most or all solid waste collection in many cities in developing countries, with low costs to the municipal budget"

☝️🏼Hi! We are collecting 🌆🪙Diverse and Inclusive Economies initiatives all over the world that are advancing toward economic models founded on a #HumanRights approach 👀 & share your initiatives: right2city.org/2023-urban-oct… ⚡️Stay tuned on the 26 #UrbanOctober #RightToTheCity Day

Travel fellowships will be available for authors of selected papers from developing countries. Deadline 20 Oct

Great to be back in Morocco! Keen to chat tax, informality and more at #AM2023

An investigative piece on the implications of #COVID19 on food security in #SouthAfrica. Lizzie Hull and SIMANGALISO MASINGA highlight the overlooked role of informal retailers (Spazas) in reconfiguring access to food chains during the crisis. africanarguments.org/2023/10/inform…

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For colleagues in Johannesburg

#Informaltrade is a vital source of income for many women in South Africa. According to HSRC.ac.za, 64% of food traders are women "but are more likely than men to suffer adverse outcomes due to structural, social, institutional & administrative biases.” #FightingForALiving [1/2]

New research by Danielle Resnick and Bhavna Sivasubramanian on political trust among informal workers in Ghana: cambridge.org/core/journals/…