Statistics on the Informal Economy: Definitions, Regional Estimates & Challenges
Statistics on the Informal Economy: Definitions, Regional Estimates & Challenges presents new regional estimates on informal employment based on direct measures from 40 countries and indirect measures from another 80 … Continue reading
Upgrading Informal Settlements in an Urbanizing World
Rapid urbanization is a daunting challenge for cities with large and growing informal settlements. Slum upgrading projects sometimes fail to achieve their intended purpose. Worse, some cities use slum clearance … Continue reading
The problem with ‘Start-up’ Urbanism
Originally posted on citiesaregoodforyou:
In 1958, three years before her masterpiece, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jane Jacobs wrote an article called “Downtown Is for People.” In…
The Art and Science of Data-driven Journalism
Decades after early pioneers successfully applied computer-assisted reporting and social science to investigative journalism, journalists are creating news apps and interactive features that help people understand data, explore it, and … Continue reading
Tackling Urban Violence through Citizen Engagement and Community Action
Urban violence is an urgent and growing problem in many cities across the world. It comes in a multitude of forms such as gender-based violence, gangs and drug-related violence, police … Continue reading
Did Global Poverty just fall a lot, quite a bit or not at all?
Andy Sumner – The future of aid is related – to some extent – to trends in global poverty and where the poor live. But new price data is causing … Continue reading
Economists: An Anthropological View
Originally posted on Fixing the Economists:
‘Life Among The Econ‘ is a satirical paper written by the economist Axel Leijonhufvud and published in 1973. In the paper Leijonhufvud refers directly…
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