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Curriculum Vitae of Marty Chen

Curriculum Vitae of Marty Chen

CURRICULUM VITAE OF MARTY CHEN

Name: Martha Alter Chen

Address: Harvard School 79 John F. Kennedy Street Cambridge, MA 02138

Date of Birth: February 9, 1944

Marital Status: Married (two children, six grandchildren)

Education: Graduate Ph.D. 1989 Department of South Asia Regional Studies University of , Philadelphia, PA

Under-Graduate B.A. Cum Laude Connecticut College 1965 with Honors in New London, CT English Literature

Special Program Indian Studies 1960-61 , U.P.,

High School Graduated 1960 Woodstock School Mussoorie, U.P., India

Languages: Hindi - speaking and reading Bengali - speaking Urdu - speaking Sanskrit - reading French - reading

Employment: 1997-present: Lecturer in Public , ,

2013-present: Affiliated Professor, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University

2018-present: Senior Advisor, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO). WIEGO is a global research policy network that seeks to improve the status of the working poor – especially women - in the informal economy through stronger organizations, better data and research and fairer and regulations.

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1997-2017: International Coordinator, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO). WIEGO is a global research policy network that seeks to improve the status of the working poor – especially women - in the informal economy through stronger organizations, better data and research and fairer policies and regulations.

2003-2006 Visiting Professor, SEWA Academy, Self-Employed Women’s Association, India

1999-2002: Matina S. Horner Distinguished Visiting Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University

1999-2000: Senior Associate, Harvard Institute for International Development, Harvard University

1997-1998: Development Advisor, Harvard Institute for International Development, Harvard University

1992-1996: Adjunct Lecturer in , Kennedy School of , Harvard University

1987-1996: Research Associate, Harvard Institute for International Development, Harvard University

1982-87: Field Representative for India and , America

1980-81: Visiting Scholar, Harvard Institute for International Development, Harvard University

1980-81: Project Officer for India and Bangladesh, Oxfam America

1975-1980: Executive Assistant and Head of Women's Program, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC). BRAC is a world- renowned non-governmental organization engaged in integrated rural and urban development.

1971-1972: Founding Member, Friends of Bangladesh, Boston, Mass. and Bangladesh Information Centre, Washington, D.C. Both organizations were established to advocate for US recognition of Bangladesh's independence from .

1970-1971: Co-Founder and Co-Director, HELP. HELP was a relief and rehabilitation agency founded after the cyclone and tidal wave of 1970 in East Pakistan.

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Awards and Honors: 2015: College Medal, Connecticut College

2012: Friend of Bangladesh Liberation War Honour from the Government of Bangladesh

2011: Padma Shri from the

2005: Distinguished Alumni Award from Woodstock School, India

1999-2001: Matina S. Horner Distinguished Visiting Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University

1965: BA Cum Laude with Honors in English Literature, Connecticut College for Women

Boards and Advisory Committees: 2020-present: BRAC Global Board, Board Member

2017-present: University World Institute for Development \ Research (UNU WIDER), Board Member

2016-2017: UN Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment, Member

2012 -2015: Chronic Poverty Advisory Network, Overseas Development Institute, UK, Advisory Committee, Member

2010-2019: BRAC Bangladesh, Governing Body, Member

1997-2017: Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) Board, Non-Voting Member.

2008-2009: World Bank project to develop “Archive of Micro-Data Sets on Informal Employment in Developing Countries”, Advisory Committee, Member.

2006-2008: High Level Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor. Working Group # 3 on Labour Rights and Working Group # 4 on Informal Enterprises, Member.

1981-2007: The Population Council, New York, N.Y. SEEDS Pamphlet Series, Editorial Committee, Member.

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1996-1998: International Center for Research on Women. Promoting Women in Development (PROWID) research competition, Technical Advisory Group, Member.

1992-1996: Private Agencies Collaborating Together (PACT), Washington, D.C. Board of Trustees, Member.

1992-1996: United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), New York, N.Y. Editorial Advisory Committee, Vice-Chair.

1990-1996: Aid to Artisans, Farmington, Conn. Board of Directors, Member.

1990-1997: Kodai Woodstock International, Atlanta, Georgia. Board of Directors, Member.

1989-1997: Institute for Development Research, Boston, Mass. Board of Directors, Member.

1987-1998: Joint MIT-Harvard Women in Development Group. Advisory Board, Member.

1991-1994: U.S. Council for International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW), Berkeley, California. Board of Directors, Member.

1991-1993: The Population Council, New York, N.Y. Program on Family Formation, Female Headship and Poverty, Advisory Committee, Member.

1985-1986: American Embassy School, New , India. Board of Governors, President.

1983-1986: American Embassy School, , India. Board of Governors, Member.

1977-1980: American International School, , Bangladesh. Board of Governors, Member.

1976-1977: United Nations World Food Programme, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Advisory Committee on Women in Food-for Work, Member.

Consultancies: 2020: UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA). Expert consultant on “Share Economic Benefits” for High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.

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2019: UN Human Development Office, Expert consultant and background paper writer for 2019 Human Development Report on Inequality

2019: Beirut, Expert consultant and book chapter writer for project on livelihoods of Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon

2019: International Development Research Council: Expert consultant and strategy paper writer on women’s economic empowerment

2016: UN Secretary-General High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment: Expert consultant and background paper writer

2015-16: Habitat III, UN Habitat: Expert Group on Equitable Urban Development

2012: , Reference Group on Informal City Dialogues

2012: US Department of State: Civil society advisor on US Delegation to Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development

2012: World Bank: Case study writer and peer reviewer for World Development Report 2013 on “Jobs”

2008-2009: World Bank: Expert advisor on two projects: “Archive of Micro Data Sets on Informal Employment in Developing Countries”; and “Africa Informal Sector, Growth and Poverty Reduction”

2008: Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Expert advisor and report writer on “Women and Employment in Africa” for Africa Commission

2008: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida): Expert advisor and report writer on “Informal Employment in South Asia”

2008: World Bank Africa Bureau: Expert advisor and co-team leader on “Increasing Earnings and Reducing Poverty in the Informal Sector in Africa”

2007: High-Level Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor: Member of working groups on labor rights and on business rights and co-author of reports by these working groups

2007: Coady International Institute, ST. Francis Xavier University, Canada: author of case study on SEWA for edited volume on “The Role of Assets and Agency in Driven Development” 6

2005: Ford Foundation’s Affinity Group on Development Finance: Resource person and presenter at Ford Foundation staff meeting in Polokwane, South Africa

Institute of Development Research Canada (IDRC): Paper for presentation at international conference “Reforming the Business Environment: From Assessing Problems to Measuring Results” organized by the Committee of Donor Agencies for Small Enterprise Development in Cairo, Egypt.

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM): Flagship publication, Progress of the World’s Women, on the topic of women, work, and poverty (lead-author)

2004: Commonwealth Secretariat: Book on informal employment, gender, and poverty reduction in series of publications on mainstreaming gender in development (lead-author)

Expert Group on Development Issues (EGDI) and United Nations University-World Institute for Research (WIDER): Paper for international conference “Unleashing Human Potential: Linking the Informal and Formal Sectors’ in Helsinki, Finland (published in an edited volume of selected papers from that conference)

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida): Public lecture on the informal economy in Stockholm, Sweden.

Economic Policy Institute: Technical advice to a set of five country studies on workforce development and concluding chapter to the edited volume featuring these studies (lead-author).

2003: Committee of Donor Agencies on Small (and Micro) Enterprise Development: Review of commissioned paper on evaluating impact of enterprise development interventions on poverty and presentation on informal enterprise development at the annual meeting of the Donor Committee

World Bank: Case study of constraints faced by informal entrepreneurs in India for World Development Report 2004 called A Better Investment Climate for Everyone (lead-author)

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World Commission on the Social Impacts of Globalization: Background paper on impacts of globalization on the working poor in the informal economy (published with other selected background papers in a special issue of International Labour Review) (lead- author).

International Labour Organisation (ILO): Resource person at ILO staff workshop on “Decent Work and the Informal Economy”.

2002: International Labour Organisation: Co-author of two chapters for edited volume Rethinking Labour

United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD). Paper on “Widowhood, Ageing, and Social Protection in India” for international conference on Ageing, Development, and Social Protection in Madrid, Spain.

2001-2002: International Labour Organisation (ILO): Book entitled Women and Men in the Informal Economy: A Statistical Picture (lead-author)

International Labour Organisation (ILO): Two background papers for Report of the Task Force on the Informal Economy (co-author)

2001: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida): Keynote address on role of non-governmental organizations in international development at “Future with Asia” conference in Stockholm, Sweden.

Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC): Strategic review and planning with large-scale integrated rural development program (Review Team leader)

1997: United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM): Strategic review of economic empowerment strategy (Review Team leader)

1995: United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef): Mid-term review of collaborative research project in Bangladesh (Review Team leader)

1993-1996: The Aga Khan Foundation Canada: Design and implementation of two collaborative research projects with South Asian NGOs, (coordinator and Advisory Committee member)

1993-1995: Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC): Technical advice to BRAC’s research department on gender research

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1994: Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC): Mid-term review of integrated health program (Review Team member)

1993: United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF): Technical review of the Bhutan Development Finance Corporation (Review Mission leader)

1992-1993. The MacArthur Foundation: Technical review of research competition proposals (Advisory Group member)

1992: United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM): Proposal development for a gender research program at the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC)

The Ford Foundation: Mid-term review of the Grameen Bank, (Review Mission member)

The World Bank: Proposal development for female occupational skills development program in Bangladesh.

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM): Review of international collective in support of fish workers.

The Pew Charitable Trusts: Briefing paper on population strategies.

1989-1992: The Aga Khan Foundation Canada: Annual lecture at training workshop for Fellowship in International Development program.

1990: The Government of the Netherlands: Evaluation of Working Women's Forum, India (Evaluation Mission leader)

International Labour Organisation (ILO): Program review and background paper for a national seminar on "Women and Wasteland Development" in India

1989: The Ford Foundation: Review of the Ford Foundation's “women in development” programming in Bangladesh

Bangladesh Donor Consortium: Appraisal of Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) (Appraisal Mission member)

1987-1988: The Ford Foundation: Planning of symposium "Expanding Income Earning Opportunities for Women in Poverty: A Cross-Regional Dialogue" in Nairobi, (Planning Committee member)

1979: Oxfam America: Development of field program in South Asia. 9

1976: World Education: Consultation on women in non-formal education

Grants: 2016-2018: Hewlett Foundation: Support for WIEGO’s Focal City work in three cities (Accra, Ghana; Dakar, Senegal; and Mexico City, Mexico)

2016-18: Rockefeller Foundation: Support to WIEGO’s work on universal health and informal workers.

2016: Rockefeller Foundation: Team residency at Bellagio Study and Conference Center for 20th anniversary strategic review and planning of global research-policy network WIEGO.

2016: Carr Center, Harvard Kennedy School: research grant

2015-2018: Hewlett Foundation: Funding for WIEGO’s work to promote the economic empowerment of working poor women in the informal economy through knowledge generation and advocacy

2014-16: Rockefeller Foundation: Support to WIEGO research on universal health and informal workers and on technology and the future of informal work

2012: UNDP, Delhi and IDRC, Delhi: Funding for Exposure Dialogue on Law & Informality in , India in January 2013

2012: Rockefeller Foundation: Conference and international travel support for 15th. anniversary strategic review and planning workshop of WIEGO network at the Bellagio Study and Conference Center

2008-18: Ford Foundation and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida): Core funding for WIEGO network

2008-16: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Funding for global project on “Inclusive Urban Planning for the Working Poor” of the WIEGO network and seven partner organizations

2008-15: Dutch MDG3 and Funding Leadership Opportunities for Women Funds: Funding for projects in support of WIEGO and its partners to promote the economic empowerment and leadership of working poor women in the informal economy

2007-11: Oxfam Novib: Core and project funding for WIEGO network

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2005: Rockefeller Foundation: Team residency at Bellagio Study and Conference Center for 10th anniversary strategic review and planning of WIEGO network

2005-2007: Ford Foundation, Institute of Development Research Canada, and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency: Core funding for global action-research-policy network Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO)

2004-2005: UNIFEM: Grant for writing Progress of the World’s Women 2005: Women, Work, and Poverty

2004-2009: Anonymous donor: Grant for Exposure Dialogue program and international conference on Membership-Based Organizations of the Poor in Ahmedabad, India.

2004: Commonwealth Secretariat: Grant for writing book, Mainstreaming Informal Employment and Gender in Poverty Reduction: A Handbook for Policy-Makers and Other Stakeholders.

2003-2004: Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, and anonymous donor: Core funding for global research-policy network WIEGO

2002: Rockefeller Foundation: Team residency at Bellagio Study and Conference Center for 5th anniversary strategic review and planning of global research-policy network WIEGO.

2000-2002: Ford Foundation: Core funding for global research-policy network WIEGO.

1997-2000: Ford Foundation and Aga Khan Foundation Canada core funding for global research-policy network WIEGO.

1997-1998: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida): Seed grant for global research-policy network WIEGO

1997: Rockefeller Foundation: Team residency at Bellagio Study and Conference Center for strategic planning and founding of global research-policy network WIEGO.

1997-2001: Agency for International Development (USAID): Grant for research to assess impact of the financial services of a women’s bank on urban clients in India

1994: Rockefeller Foundation: One-month residency at Bellagio Study and Conference Center for writing book on widows in rural India. 11

1992: MacArthur Foundation: Grant for research on "Widows in Rural India".

1990-1992: World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER): Grants for research on "Widows in Rural India".

1987-1988: Ford Foundation, International Development Research Council (IDRC), International Labour Office (ILO); United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and World Bank: Grants for research on "Women and Household Livelihoods in Rural India".

1980-81: Ford Foundation: Grant for support as Visiting Scholar at Harvard Institute for International Development.

1975: OXFAM UK: Grant for research on "Women in Food-for-Work, Bangladesh".

1965-70: NDEA Title VI: Fellowships for Hindi language and Indian Studies, University of Pennsylvania.

1961-65: Connecticut College: Scholarships to cover tuition, room and board.

Publications: Books – The Informal Economy Revisited: Examining the Past, Envisioning the Future. 2020. Abingdon, UK and New York, USA: Routledge. 2020. (co-editor with Francoise Carre)

Informal Workers and Collective Action: A Global Perspective. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. 2017. (co-edited with Adrienne E. Eaton and Susan J. Schurman)

Bridging Perspectives: the Cornell-SEWA-WIEGO Exposure Dialogue Programme on Labour, Informality, and Poverty. Ahmedabad, India: SEWA Academy. 2012. (co-edited with Namrata Bali and ).

Member-Based Organizations of the Poor: Concepts, Experience, and Policy. New York, USA: Routledge Press, 2007 (co-editor with , Ravi Kanbur, and Carol Richards).

The Progress of the World’s Women 2005: Women, Work and Poverty. 2005. New York, USA: UNIFEM. 2005. (co-author with Joann Vanek, Francie Lund, James Heintz, Renana Jhabvala, and Chris Bonner).

Mainstreaming Informal Employment and Gender in Poverty Reduction: A Handbook for Policy-Makers and Other Stakeholders. London, UK: Commonwealth Secretariat. 2004. (co-author with Joann Vanek and Marilyn Carr). 12

Women and Men in the Informal Economy: A Statistical Picture. Geneva, Switzerland: International Labour Office, Employment Sector. 2002 (co-author with Joann Vanek).

Perpetual Mourning: Widowhood in Rural India. New Delhi, India: Oxford University Press. 2000.

Widows in India: Social Neglect and Public Action. New Delhi, India: Sage Publications. 1998 (editor).

Speaking Out: Women's Economic Empowerment in South Asia. New Delhi, India: Sage Publications. 1996 (co-editor with Marilyn Carr and Renana Jhabvala).

Coping with Seasonality and Drought in Western India. New Delhi, India: Sage Publications. 1991.

Indian Women: A Study of their Role in the Dairy Movement. New Delhi, India: Vikas Publishers. 1985 (co-editor with Viji Srinivasan).

A Quiet Revolution: Women in Transition in Rural Bangladesh. Cambridge, Mass.: Schenkman Publishing Company. 1983. Reprinted by BRAC Printers, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1990-present.

Bangladesh. Dhaka, Bangladesh: Eastern Regal Industries Ltd.. 1977. (editor).

Monographs – Inclusive Public Spaces for Informal Livelihoods: A Discussion Paper for Urban Planners and Policy Makers. Brussels, Belgium and Manchester, UK: Cities Alliances and WIEGO. 2018. (lead author with Jenna Harvey, Caroline Wanjiku Kihato and Caroline Skinner).

Including the Excluded: Supporting Informal Workers for More Equal and Productive Cities in the Global South. Washington, DC, USA: World Resources Institute. 2018. (lead author with Victoria Beard)

Home-Based Workers Sector Report. Informal Economy Monitoring Study. Cambridge, USA: WIEGO. 2014.

Self-Employed Women: A Profile of SEWA’s Membership. Ahmedabad, India: Self- Employed Women’s Association. 2006.

Towards Economic Freedom: The Impact of SEWA. Ahmedabad, India: Self-Employed Women’s Association. 2005.

Membership Based Organizations of the Poor: Reflections after an Exposure and Dialogue Program with SEWA in Gujarat, India. Working Paper, Department of 13

Applied Economics and . 2005. (co-editor with Renana Jhabvala, Ravi Kanbur, Nidhi Mirani, Karl Osner and Carol Richards).

Reality and Analysis: Personal and Technical Reflections on the Working Lives of Six Women. Working Paper, Department of Applied Economics and Management. 2004. (co-editor with Renana Jhabvala, Ravi Kanbur, Nidhi Mirani and Karl Osner).

Managing Resources, Activities, and Risk in Urban India: The Impact of SEWA Bank. Washington, D.C.: USAID AIMS Project. 2001. (co-author with Don Snodgrass)

Beyond Credit: A Sub-Sector Approach to Promoting Women's Enterprises. Ottawa, Canada: Aga Khan Foundation Canada. 1995. (editor).

The Working Women's Forum: Organizing for Credit and Change. SEEDS Pamphlet Series, 1983. Reprinted in SEEDS: Supporting Women's Work in the Third World, edited by Ann Leonard. New York, New York: The Feminist Press. 1989.

Developing Non-Craft Employment for Women in Bangladesh. SEEDS Pamphlet Series, 1983. Republished in SEEDS: Supporting Women's Work in the Third World, edited by Ann Leonard. New York, New York: The Feminist Press. 1989.

Women in Food-for Work. Rome, Italy: United Nations World Food Programme. 1979 (co-author).

Who Gets What and Why: Resource Allocation in a Bangladesh Village. Dhaka, Bangladesh: Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee. 1979. (co-author).

Book Chapters – “Introduction” in and Francoise Carre edited The Informal Economy Revisited: Examining the Past, Envisioning the Future. 2020. Abingdon, UK and New York USA: Routledge. 2020. (co-author with Francoise Carre).

“WIEGO Research on Informal Employment: Key Methods, Variables and Findings” in Martha Chen and Francoise Carre edited The Informal Economy Revisited: Examining the Past, Envisioning the Future. Abingdon, UK and New York, USA: Routledge. 2020.

“Conclusion” in Martha Chen and Francoise Carre edited The Informal Economy Revisited: Examining the Past, Envisioning the Future. Abingdon, UK and New York, USA: Routledge. 2020. (co-author with Francoise Carre and Sally Roever).

“The Future of Informal Work: Insights from India”, in Amit Basole and Radhicka Kapoor edited, Towards a Just, Secure and Dignified Future of Work: Lessons from India. 2019. Ahmedabad, India: Self-Employed Women’s Association, India. 2019.

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“Economic Rights of the Informal Self-Employed: Three Urban Cases”, in Jahel Queralt and Bas van Vossen edited, Economic Liberties and Human Rights. Abingdon, UK and New York, USA: Routledge. 2019.

“The South African Informal Sector in International Comparative Perspective: Theories, Data and Policies” in Frederick Fourie edited The South African Informal Sector: Creating Jobs, Reducing Poverty. South Africa: HSRC Press. 2018.

“Informal Worker Organising and Mobilisation: Linking Global with Local Advocacy” in Gautam Bhan, Smita Srinivas and Vanessa Watson, edited The Routledge Companion to Planning in the Global South. London and New York: Routledge. 2018. (co-author with Chris Bonner. Francoise Carre and Rhonda Douglas).

“The Informal Economy in Arab Nations: A Comparative Perspective” in Samir Aita, edited Arab Watch Report on Informal Employment. Beirut, Lebanon: Arab Nations NGOs for Development. 2017.

“Turning a Blind Eye to Women in the Informal Economy” in Bretton Woods Project The IMF and Gender Equality: A Compendium of Feminist Macroeconomic Critiques. London: Bretton Woods Project. 2017 (co-author with Rachel Moussie).

“Overcoming Barriers and Addressing Gender Dimensions in Universal Health Care for Informal Workers: Lessons from India and Thailand” in Sri Wening Handayani, edited Social Protection for Informal Workers in Asia. Manila, : Asian Development Bank. 2017. (co-author with Frances Lund).

"Informality, Gender & the Impact of the Great Recession" translated into German as "Informalität, Geschlecht und die globalen Auswirkungen der großen Rezession" and published in Burchardt, Hans-Jürgen; Peters, Stefan; Weinmann, Nico (ed.): Arbeit in globaler Perspektive - Facetten informeller Beschäftigung, Campus Verlag: Frankfurt/New York, 149-171.

“Women and the Informal Economy: Economic Actors and Global Leaders” in Tierney, Trish, ed. Women in the Global Economy: Leading Social Change. Global Education Research Report # 8. New York: Institute of International Education. 2013.

“Global Recession and the Informal Economy: Evidence from Latin America and Beyond” in Cohen, Michael, ed. The Global Economic Crisis in Latin America. Routledge. 2012.

“Informality, Poverty, and Gender: An Economic Rights Approach” in Andreassen, Bard, Arjun K. Sengupta, and Stephen P. Marks, ed. Freedom from Poverty: Economic Perspectives, Oxford University Press. 2010.

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“The Self-Employed Women’s Association” in Oommen, T.K. ed. Social Movements II: Concerns of Equity and Security. Oxford in India Readings in and Social Anthropology. New Delhi, India: Oxford University Press. 2010.

“Informalisation of Labour Markets: Is Formalisation the Answer?” In Razavi, Shahra ed. The Gendered Impacts of Liberalization: Towards “Embedded Liberalism”? New York, USA: Routledge Press/UNRISD Series on Gender and Development. 2009.

“Before ‘GAD’: First Oxfam American Gender Program”. In Roper, Laura, ed. A History of Oxfam America. Boston: Oxfam America. 2009

“Famine, Widowhood, and Paid Work: Seeking Gender Justice in South Asia” in and Ravi Kanbur, eds. Arguments for a Better World: Essays in Honor of Amartya Sen: Volume II: Society, Institutions, and Development. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 2008.

“A Spreading Banyan Tree: The Self-Employed Women’s Association, India” in Alison Mathie and Gordon Cunningham, eds. From Clients to Citizens: Changing the Course of Their Own Development. Rugby, UK: Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd.. 2008.

“Rethinking the Informal Economy: Linkages with Formal Economy and the Formal Regulatory Environment” in Ocampo, Jose Antonio and Jomo K. S., eds. Towards Full and Decent Employment. London, UK and New York, USA: Zed Books Limited and Hyderabad, India: Orient Longman Private Limited. 2008.

“Rethinking the Informal Economy: Linkages with the Formal Economy and the Formal Regulatory Environment” in Unlocking Human Potential: Concepts and Policies for Linking the Informal and Formal Sectors, edited by Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis, Ravi Kanbur and . London, UK: Oxford University Press. 2006.

“Informal Employment: Rethinking Workforce Development.” In Tony Avigan, L. Josh Bivens and Sarah Gammage, eds., Good Jobs, Bad Jobs, No Jobs: Labor Markets and Informal Work in Egypt, El Salvador, India, Russia, and South Africa. Washington, D.C., USA: Economic Policy Institute. 2005. (co-author with Joann Vanek).

“Introduction.” In Widows in India: Social Neglect and Public Action, edited by Martha A. Chen. New Delhi, India: Sage Publications. 1998.

"Introduction". In Vigilance and Vengeance: NGOs Preventing Ethnic Conflict in Divided Societies, edited by Robert I. Rotberg. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press and Cambridge, Mass.: World Peace Foundation. 1996 (co-author with Emily MacFarquhar and Robert Rotberg).

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"Why Widowhood Matters." In Women: Looking Beyond 2000. New York, New York: United Nations. 1995.

"The Feminization of Poverty." In A Commitment to the World's Women: Perspectives on Development for Beijing and Beyond, edited by Noeleen Heyzer with Sushma Kapoor and Joanne Sandler. New York, New York: United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). 1995.

"Introduction." In Seeds 2: Supporting Women's Work around the World, edited by Ann Leonard. New York, New York: The Feminist Press. 1995.

"Widowhood and Well-Being in Rural North India." In Women's Health in India: Risk and Vulnerability, edited by M. Das Gupta, L. C. Chen, T.N. Krishnan. New Delhi, India: Oxford University Press. 1995. Reprinted in V. Madan (ed.) The Village in India, New Delhi, India: Oxford University Press, Oxford in India Readings in Sociology and Social Anthropology. 2002 (co-author with Jean Dreze).

"A Matter of Survival: Women's Right to Employment in India and Bangladesh." In Women, Culture, and Development, edited by and . Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press. 1995.

"Women and Wasteland Development in India: An Issues Paper." In Women and Wasteland Development in India, edited by Andrea M. Singh and Neera Burra. New Delhi, India: Sage Publications. 1993.

"Poverty, Gender, and Work in Bangladesh." In Structures and Strategies: Women, Work and Family, edited by Leela Dube and Rajni Palriwala. Women and the Household in Asia - Vol, 3. New Delhi, India: Sage Publications. 1990.

"Women and Entrepreneurship: New Approaches from India." In Small Enterprises, New Approaches, edited by Antoinette Gosses et al. The Hague, Netherlands: Operations Review Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 1989.

"Rural Bangladesh Women in Food-for-Work." In Women in Contemporary India and South Asia, edited by Alfred D'Souza. New Delhi, India: Manohar Publications. 1980 (co-author).

Journal Articles – “Informal Employment in the Global South: Globalisation, Production Relations and ‘Precarity’” in Research on the Sociology of Work, Volume 31, Precarious Work. 2017. (with Mike Rogan, Sally Roever and Francoise Carre).

“The Informal Economy: Recent Trends, Future Directions” in special issue on “Health and Safety for Informal Workers” of New Solutions, Vol. 26, No. 2, 2016, pp. 155-172.

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“Urban Livelihoods: Reviewing the Evidence in Support of the New Urban Agenda” Environment and Urbanization Brief No. 34, 2016.

“Editorial: Urban Livelihoods: Reframing Theory and Policy” in special issue on “Urban Livelihoods” of Environment and Urbanization (with Sally Roever and Caroline Skinner), Vol. 28, No. 2, 2016, pp. 331-342.

“Home-based Workers and Cities” in special issue on “Urban Livelihoods” of Environment and Urbanization (with Shalini Sinha), Vol. 28, No. 2, 2016, pp. 343-358.

“Technology, Informal Workers and Cities: Insights from Ahmedabad (India), Durban (South Africa) and Lima (Peru)” in special issue on “Urban Livelihoods” of Environment and Urbanization, Vol. 28, No. 2, 2016, pp. 405-422.

“The Urban Informal Economy: Towards More Inclusive Cities” in Urbanet, August 2016. http://www.urbanet.info/urban-informal-economy/

“First Take: Waste – Global Challenge, Latin American Lessons” in Revista: The of Latin America. Winter 2015.

“Recycling Livelihoods: A Global Network Supports Waste Pickers in Latin America” in Revista: The Harvard Review of Latin America, Winter 2015 (co-author with Lucia Fernandez).

“Informal Employment and Development: Patterns of Inclusion and Exclusion” in special issue on “Understanding the Links between Labour and Economic Development” of The European Journal of Development, 2014.

“Legal Reforms for the Self-Employed: Three Urban Cases” in special issue on “Labor Law Reforms in India” of The Indian Journal of Industrial Relations (co-author with Roopa Madhav and Kamala Sankaran), 2014.

"Informal Workers in the Developing World: Organizing in the Global Economy." New Labor Forum 22.1 (January/February 2013): 67-73.

"Informal Employment Revisited: Theories, Data & Policies" in a special issue on “Informal Employment” of The Indian Journal of Industrial Relations (co-author with Joann Vanek), 2013.

“Informal Workers in a Global Economy: Statistics, Policies, & Organizing” in New Labour Forum published by the City University of New York’s Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies, 2013.

“Urban Employment in India: Recent Trends and Future Prospects“ in special issue on “Informality” of Margin, journal of the National Council for Applied Economics Research in India, 2012. 18

“Recognizing Domestic Workers, Regulating Domestic Work: Conceptual, Measurement, and Regulatory Challenges”, Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2011, pp. 167-184.

“The Urban Informal Workforce: Inclusive Planning for the Urban Poor”, UN Habitat Debate. Vol. 13, No. 2. Nairobi: UN Habitat, 2007.

“Informality, Gender, and Poverty: A Global Picture”¸ Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XLI, No. 21, pp. 2131-2139, 2006. (co-author with Joann Vanek and James Heintz). Reprinted as a chapter in Dey, Dahlia ed. Informal Sector in a Globalized Era. Hyderabad, India: Icfai University Press.

“Globalisation, Social Exclusion, and Work: With Special Reference to Informal Employment and Gender”, International Labour Review, Volume 143 (No. 1-2), 2004 (co-author with Marilyn Carr).

“Rethinking the Informal Economy: In an Era of Global Integration and Labor Market Flexibility”. Seminar # 531, November 2003.

“Women in the Informal Sector: A Global Picture, The Global Movement”. SAIS Review, Vol. XXI, No. 1, pp. 71-82. Winter-Spring 2000.

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Professor Diane Elson Department of Sociology University of Essex Colchester United Kingdom.

Professor Ravi Kanbur T.H. Lee Professor of World Affairs and Economics Cornell University Ithaca, New York USA

Professor Martha Nussbaum Ernst Freund Professor of Law and Ethics The Law School The University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois USA

University Professor Amartya Sen Harvard University Cambridge, USA

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