“...Long before China promulgated the official One Belt One Road initiatives, vast networks of cross-border exchanges have already existed across Asia and Eurasia...”

“...Day-to-day policing represents a fundamental interface between citizens and states. Yet even in the most capable states, local policing varies enormously from...”

“...Alena Ledeneva invites you on a voyage of discovery to explore society’s open secrets, unwritten rules and know-how practices. Broadly defined as ‘ways of...”

“...Interventions to incentivize business formalization over the past decades have shown mixed results (Bruhn and McKenzie, 2013; Bruhn and McKenzie, 2018; Floridi...”

“...This paper seeks to explore the definitions and uses of both urban informality, and temporary appropriation in a city/urban setting. Temporary appropriation is...”

“...The public and academic debate about urban squatting in Western cities has been dominated by research on collectively organized, politically-motivated...”

“...In Chinese cities, informal street vendors often appear in a transient space intertwined with a large number of pedestrians and heterogeneity, in contrast with...”

“...This paper attempts to understand the production of the city through informality. In particular, informal practices related to the momo (dumpling) industry,...”

“...The article focuses on Javakheti, Georgia's historical region with a predominantly ethnic Armenian population, in which informal political institutions play a...”