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Informality, Decent Work and Urban Development: Discussing Informal Economies and Cities across the Globe 
Convenors:
Satyam Mishra (Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India)
Anjan Sen (University of Delhi)
Format:
Panel
Streams:
Informality
Sessions:
Wednesday 6 July, -
Time zone: Europe/London

Short Abstract:

This panel aims to discuss the nature, issues, and challenges related to informality, decent work, and urban development in cities all over the world. We expect to have a debate on informality and provisions of decent work, also how a higher percentage of informality affects urban development.

Long Abstract:

Cities are host to economic productions and a range of economic activities; therefore, workers involved in economic activities make cities their homes. However, the political economy of cities decides what kind of quality of life anyone gets in any city, informal workers being less paid and devoid of workers' rights and decent work mostly take shelter in slums, squatter settlements, and makeshift houses that are unhygienic and devoid of quality of life. To promote labour rights, ILO proposed the 'decent work' concept with four components: productive employment, labour standards, social protection and social dialogue. By comparing and contrasting the work conditions in various countries and at different workplaces, workers' rights can be protected and promoted.

This panel session aims to discuss the nature, issues, and challenges related to informality, decent work, and urban development in both developed and developing countries. We welcome paper presentations or case studies on the above-mentioned theme from across the globe. Moreover, this session plans to bridge the outcomes of deliberations to empirical research and theory building. By approaching the established and new scholars with good knowledge of both theories and case studies, we expect a lively, relevant and much-needed debate on informality and provisions of decent work, also how a higher percentage of informality affects urban development. Finally, this session focuses on responding to increasing international invitations to develop more critical analyses of "who gets what, where and how" (Smith, 1974) in the context of informality, decent work and the political economy of cities.

Accepted papers:

Session 1 Wednesday 6 July, 2022, -