Thanks to Professor Malinda Smith of the University of Alberta for inviting me to contribute to the AlbertaPoliBlog. I’m happy the entry came out last week inspired by my recent trip to India for WIEGO. And thanks to the Honourable Jocelynne Annette Scutt for her “concrete canopy” metaphor, which I have referenced. The full text is available here. Photo courtesy of Marlese von Broembsen.
My co-author Narumol Nirathron of Thammasat University and I are delighted that WIEGO has published our new multimedia policy brief entitled “Vending in Public Space: The Case of Bangkok”. This brief, replete with embedded videos, is based mostly on previous research by both of us supplemented by excellent updates by Narumol. The full publication can be downloaded here. Our thanks to Martha Chen of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and founder of WIEGO for making this opportunity possible for us and to the WIEGO team for their excellent feedback and support. Our hope is that this brief will be used for policy development, research, teaching and community organizing.