What Are We Taxing? Turnover, Profits and Policy in the Informal Economy
Identifying tax liabilities in the informal sector is a perennial challenge. Revenue authorities do not have access to information on turnover or profit and rely instead on measures of self‑reported … Continue reading
Why Welfare States Save Democracy
Rising inequality threatens democratic durability, as societies become increasingly polarized. South Korea and Taiwan have resisted global trends in democratic backsliding by continually expanding their social welfare regimes. Democratic resilience … Continue reading
The Economics of Power and Poverty in the Home
Poverty is usually measured at the household level, but deprivation is experienced by individuals. Resources, opportunities, and decision-making power are not always shared equally within families. Looking inside the household … Continue reading
Between Order and Unruliness: Rethinking Vietnam’s Post-Colonial City
What if apparent disorder is not simply evidence of a city failing to conform to a plan? What if it reveals something about how the city actually works? From this … Continue reading
In-situ Upgrading or Population Relocation? Direct Impacts and Spatial Spillovers of Slum Renewal Policies
Slums are widely viewed as disadvantaged areas characterized by substandard housing and negative neighborhood spillovers that constrain local economic development. Governments typically respond with one of two place-based interventions: (a) … Continue reading
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
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
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
