Street vendors are the most visible of the people who work in the informal sector – up to half the urban workforce in cities like Manila – but whose needs and rights receive no official recognition.
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Engaged Research Fellow, Western Sydney University
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Research Scientist at the African Population and Health Research Center and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Brown University
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Senior Research Fellow, Digital Media, Western Sydney University
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Senior Research Fellow, Durham University
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Senior Researcher: Poverty and Inequality Initiative, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Informal Urbanism (InfUr-) Hub, University of Melbourne
