ABSTRACT
This chapter recognizes the coexistence of formal and informal organizations in cities as an expression of a collaborative process that may well lead to the institutionalization of governance. Particularly, while urban informality is vociferously debated in Africa and Latin American countries, India is pretty circumspect in its discussion. Even globally, Indian cities do not feature much in discussions of the role of the informal sector. It is not that India is not aware of the formal-informal division or its transaction, but it is not visible enough among researchers and academicians. This book chapter will particularly focus on organizations and workers of the informal transportation sector and their emergent collaborative governance practice for functioning, survival, and managing contacts with the government for various issues. In the process, these informal organizations contribute to the urban and local economic functioning. Evaluation of this form of informal collaborative governance will help us understand different actors working simultaneously to make cities in developing countries governable. The chapter is structured with theoretical argument supported by an empirical examination of the city of Lucknow, India.
