This project is financially supported by an Action concertée incitative on "Sustainable urban development" from the French Ministry of Education and Research, and by the Centre de Sciences Humaines de New Delhi.

Moreover three research centres support this project through the involvement of some of their members: The Centre d'Etudes de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud (CNRS/EHESS, Paris); the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris; and the Institute of Social Sciences, Kolkata.