Reading Development

Random readings on society, politics and change – Jorge Carrillo

Weathering the Change: How Street Vendors are Shaping Their Future in the Face of Climate Challenges in ASEAN

These three case studies have been developed as part of an Oxfam project titled ‘Improved Social Protection and Labor Rights for Women Workers in ASEAN’s Agri-Food Sector’, funded by DGD … Continue reading

Tuesday, 5 August 2025 · Leave a comment

Co-producing Urban Spaces – Collaborative Methods Towards an Insurgent Urbanism

How can collaborative methods of planning and design act as tools to develop insurgent urbanism? Juliana Canedo analyses practices that arise from the protagonism of marginalized communities and the accumulative … Continue reading

Tuesday, 5 August 2025 · Leave a comment

The Politics of Unpaid Labour

This book presents a theory of the politics of unpaid labour which explains why and how its study is important for addressing inequality in precarious work. It focuses on the … Continue reading

Thursday, 6 February 2025 · Leave a comment

The Foreign Gaze – Essay on Global Health

The field of research known as academic global health is in the midst of a scientific debate that is questioning its epistemological foundations. This book contributes to that questioning. Through … Continue reading

Thursday, 12 December 2024 · Leave a comment

Density textures: the crowd, everyday life, and urban poverty in Manila

The experiences and perceptions of residents themselves are often left out of the debates on high-density urbanism (HDU). From our empirical snapshot of highly dense Barangay 105 in Manila, HDU … Continue reading

Monday, 30 September 2024 · Leave a comment

Spaces of quiet resistance

This article discusses the documented built environment risk determinants and the socioeconomic impacts of the pandemic in these areas. Moreover, the article registers informal settlements during the pandemic as ‘spaces … Continue reading

Tuesday, 24 September 2024 · Leave a comment

COVID-19 and the Informal Economy

A key challenge for the post-COVID global economy is whether the disproportionate impact of the crisis on informal workers, who form the majority of the world’s workforce, will be acknowledged. … Continue reading

Wednesday, 8 May 2024 · Leave a comment

Pathways to development: from politics to power

A country’s pathway to development is shaped less by institutional type than by the nature of the politics and power relations that underpin these institutions and which shape how they … Continue reading

Tuesday, 2 April 2024 · Leave a comment

Bangkok’s Refusal To Be Automatized By Delivery Apps

Why not add the food delivery service to the ride-hailing one of Win drivers (motorcycle drivers) using a system that goes along with their existing “informal” organisation and allows drivers … Continue reading

Friday, 29 March 2024 · Leave a comment