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The impact of COVID-19 on urban informal workers in MaputoInformal self-employed traders in developing countries are vulnerable to shocks as they often lack access to social insurance or formal finance...
COVID-19 Informal UrbanWorking Paper
Recovery with distress: unpacking COVID-19 impact on livelihoods and poverty in BangladeshThe social and ecomomic impact of COVID-19 has been deep, wide-ranging, and multi-dimensional...
COVID-19 Livelihoods InformalWorking Paper
Remote sensing of urban cyclone impact and resilience: Evidence from IdaiCyclone Idai, the most devastating cyclone ever recorded in Southern Africa, caused havoc in large parts of central Mozambique, especially the port city of Beira, upon its landfall in March 2019...
Remote sensing Natural disasters UrbanBlog
COVID-19 lays bare Cape Town’s social divide, deepens underlying inequalitiesThe COVID-19 pandemic delivered a devastating economic shock to livelihoods across the world. In Cape Town, it has been toughest on those who had just found a way to keep their heads above water, living on the fringes of urban society...
South Africa Urban COVID-19Working Paper
Estimates of multidimensional poverty for India using NSSO-71 and -75We measure multidimensional poverty in India using National Sample Survey Organization data from 2014–15 to 2017–18. We use income, health, education, and standard of living to measure the multidimensional poverty index (MPI)...
Multidimensional poverty index Income PovertyWorking Paper
Urban change and rural continuity in gender ideologies and practices: Theorizing from ZambiaAcross the world, people in urban rather than rural areas are more likely to support gender equality...
Rural development Urban ZambiaProject
Development in an urban worldTheme: 2008-09
In 2007 the number of urban inhabitants will surpass rural dwellers as a percentage of the total world population. By 2030 the proportion of people living in cities globally is expected to reach 61%, with almost 80% of urban dwellers living in less...
Poverty Inequality and Well-being Urban