6 matching regions Europe and Central Asia Southeast Asia and the Pacific Latin America and the Caribbean Africa and the Middle East Latin America and the Caribbean Europe and Central Asia
5 matching jobs BSHF Research Officer (International Programme) Director, Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF) Director, Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF) Writer/Editor Contributing Editor at The Global Urbanist
1-5 of 331 matching articles 5 20 100 All How street vendors and urban planners can work together Sally Roever • 13 November 2012 Sally Roever shows how an inclusive attitude towards street vendors and an understanding of how they fit into the urban economy and streetscape has improved livelihoods dramatically. Health and sanitation is an economic right as well--just ask Ghanaian food sellers Laura Alfers • 6 November 2012 Whereas governments are quick to scapegoat the chop bar owners of Accra, in reality they spend onerous sums of money on sanitation, an effort which should be supported by health policy. The global urban agenda must focus on employment and income levels, not just housing and services Kerwin Datu • 7 August 2012 Kerwin Datu argues that the global urban development community has lost sight of its own agenda, and must focus on urban employment and income levels alongside its obsession with housing and services. Urban women organizing in the informal economy Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing • 22 July 2016 Over the next few weeks, The Global Urbanist, in collaboration with WIEGO will publish six photo essays that take us inside the daily lives of women working in the informal economy. Extract - Mogadishu Then and Now: the rise and fall of a historic city Rasna Warah and Mohamud Diriye • 30 May 2012 In this extract from their forthcoming book, Rasna Warah and Mohamud Diriye recount the history of Mogadishu from its origins in Arab and Persian trade to the outbreak of civil war in 1991. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67