Informal Services in Asian Cities: Lessons for Urban Planning and Management from the COVID-19 Pandemic

by Ashok Das

This book explores urban informality in Asian cities and looks how the informal sector's contribution to inclusive and sustainable growth can be enhanced.

While supporting the livelihoods of most of the developing world's urban poor, the informal sector also deprives them of basic services and social protection. Rendered vulnerable to socioeconomic threats, people in the urban informal sector have suffered disproportionately during...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9292697161
• ISBN13: 9789292697167
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Asian Development Bank
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"