Urban labor market changes and social protection for urban informal workers: Challenges for China and India

China's Emerging Cities: The Making of New Urbanism

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 109-125

  Kumar, Sunil ^a   Li, Bingqin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84884366778     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203937808     Document Type: Chapter

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