In the past thirty years, China has transformed from an impoverished country where peasants comprised the largest portion of the populace to an economic power with an expanding middle class and more megacities than anywhere else on earth. This remarkable transformation has required, and will continu[...]

Which is more important to New York City's economy, the gleaming corporate office - or the grungy rock club that launches the best new bands? This title argues that creative industries like fashion, art, and music drive the economy of New York as much as - if not more than - finance, real estate, an[...]

More than nine out of every ten working women in India are employed in the informal economy, unprotected by labour laws and excluded from basic forms of social security. They work as daily labourers in the fields, small producers and industrial outworkers in their own homes and as vendors on the str[...]