Publications

Publications by WIEGO Members

Below is a sampling of publications related to the informal economy by WIEGO Individual Members and individuals working at WIEGO Institutional Member organizations. If you are a WIEGO Member and would like a publication posted to this site, please email the webmaster.

• Adato, Michelle, Akhter Ahmed and Francie Lund. 2004. Linking Safety Nets, Social Protection and Poverty Reduction: Directions for Africa. IFPRI 2020 Policy Brief for All-Africa Conference.
  
  
• Barrientos, Armando and Stephanie Ware Barrientos. 2002. "Extending Social Protection to Informal Workers in the Horticulture Global Value Chain." Social Protection Discussion Paper Series, No. 0216. Washington, D.C.: World Bank.
  
  
• Barrientos, Stepanie Ware and Catherine Dolan, Eds. 2006. Ethical Sourcing in the Global Food System: Challenges and Opportunities. London: Earthscan
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• Barrientos, Stepanie Ware, Andrienetta Kritzinger and Hester Rossouw. 2004. "National Labour Legislation in an Informal Context: Women Workers in Export Horticulture in South Africa." In Marilyn Carr, Ed., Chains of Fortune: Linking Women Producers and Workers with Global Markets. London: Commonwealth Secretariat.
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• Baltiwala, Srilatha. 2006. “When Rights Go Wrong.” Seminar, January 2007.
  
  
• Beneria, Lourdes. 2001. Changing Employment Patterns and the Informalization of Jobs: General Trends and Gender Dimensions. Geneva: International Labour Office.
  
  
• Beneria, Lourdes and Maria S. Floro. 2004. "Labor Market Informalization and Social Policy: Distributional Links and the Case of Homebased Workers." Vassar College Working Paper, No. 60, August 2004.
  
  
• Bhatt, Ela. 2005. We are Poor but So Many: The Story of Self-Employed Women in India. New York: Oxford University Press.
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• Bhatt, Ela. 2002. Interplay of Women, Money and Power: SEWA Members' Perspective. Talk given at the Conference on 'Women, Money, Power' held by Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University , October 25, 2002.
  
• Bhowmik, Sharit K. Forthcoming. “Street Vendors in India: The Struggle for Recognition.” In John Cross and Alfonso Morales, eds. Street Entrepreneurs: People, Place, & Politics in Local and Global Perspective. New York: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy.
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• Bhowmik, Sharit K. 2006. “The Politics of Urban Space in Mumbai: 'Citizens' versus the Urban Poor.” In Mary E. John, Praveen Kumar Jha and Surinder S. Jodhka, eds. Contested Transformations : Changing Economies and Identities in Contemporary India. New Delhi: Tulika Books.
  
• Bhowmik, Sharit K. 2005. Street Vendors in Asia : A Review. Economic and Political Weekly, 28 May- 4 June.
  
  
• Bhowmik, Sharit K. 2003. "Urban Responses to Street Trading: India." Paper for panel entitled "Urban Responses to Street Traders: A Comparative Perspective from India, Kenya, and South Africa" at the Urban Research Symposium on Urban Development for Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction, World Bank, Washington, D.C., December 2003.
  
• Bhowmik, Sharit K. 1999. "Hawkers and the Urban Informal Sector: A Study of Street Vending in Seven Cities". Prepared for the National Alliance of Street Vendors of India.
  
  
• Bivens, L. Josh and Sarah Gammage. 2005 .Will Better Workers Lead to Better Jobs in the Developing World? In Tony Avirgan, L. Josh Bivens and Sarah Gammage, Eds. Good Jobs, Bad Jobs, No Jobs: Labor Markets and Informal Work in Egypt, El Salvador, India, Russia and South Africa. Washington, D.C.: Global Policy Network, Economic Policy Institute.
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• Carr, Marilyn, Ed.. 2004. Chains of Fortune: Linking Women Producers and Workers with Global Markets. London: Commonwealth Secretariat.
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• Charmes, Jacques. 2000. "The Contribution of Informal Sector to GDP in Developing Countries : Assessment, Estimates, Methods, Orientations for the Future". Presented at the 4th Meeting of the Delhi Group on Informal Sector Statistics; Geneva: 28-30 August 2000.
  
  
  
• Charmes, Jacques. 1998a. "Informal Sector, Poverty and Gender: A Review of Empirical Evidence". Background paper for the World Development Report 2001: Attacking Poverty. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank.
  
  
• Charmes, Jacques. 1998b. "Women Working in the Informal Sector in Africa: New Methods and New Data". New York: United Nations Statistics Division and presented at the Delhi Group Meeting on Informal Sector Statistics, Ankara, April 28-30, 1998.
  
  
• Chatterjee, Mirai and M. Kent Ransom. 2006. "SEWA Social Security: Organizing Women Workers for Insurance and Health Services." In ILO /STEP, Social Protection and Inclusion: Experiences and Policy Issues. Geneva: International Labour Office, Strategies and Tools against social Exclusion and Poverty programme.
  
  
  
  
• Chen, Martha. 2006. Self Employed Women : A Profile of SEWA's Membership. Ahmedabad: Self-Employed Women's Association.
  Table of Contents - Part I - Part II - Part III - Part IV - Part V
  
  
  
• Chen, Martha. 2005. "The Business Environment and the Informal Economy: Creating Conditions for Poverty Reduction." Background paper for the Committee of Donor Agencies for Small Enterprise Development Conference on “Reforming the Business Environment,”
  November 29 - December 1 2005, Cairo, Egypt.
  Accompanying powerpoint presentation.
  
  
• Chen, Martha. 2006. "Rethinking the Informal Economy: Linkages with the Formal Economy and the Formal Regulatory Environment". In Basudeb Guha-Khasnobi, Ravi Kanbur, and Elinor Orstrom, eds., Unlocking Human Potential: Concepts and Policies for Linking the Informal and Formal Sectors Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Chen, Martha. 2004. Towards Economic Freedom: The Impact of SEWA. Ahmedabad: Self-Employed Women's Association.
• Chen, Martha. 2003. "Rethinking the Informal Economy". Seminar, Vol. 531, November 2003.
• Chen, Martha and Donald Snodgrass.. 2001. "Managing Resources, Activities, and Risk in Urban India: The Impact of SEWA Bank." USAID AIMS Project, 2001.
  To read the executive brief, click here.
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• Chen, Martha, Jennefer Sebstad and Lesley O'Connell. 1999. "Counting the Invisible Workforce: The Case of Homebased Workers." World Development¸ Vol. 27, No. 3.
• Chen, Martha and Joann Vanek. 2005. "Informal Employment: Rethinking Workforce Development." In Tony Avigan, L. Josh Bivens and Sarah Gammage, eds., Good Jobs, Bad Jobs, No Jobs: Labor Markets and Informal Work in Egypt , El Salvador , India , Russia , and South Africa. Washington , D.C. : Economic Policy Institute.
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• Chen, Martha, Joann Vanek, Francie Lund, James Heintz with Christine Bonner and Renana Jhabvala. 2005. The Progress of the World's Women 2005: Women, Work and Poverty. New York: UNIFEM.
  Available in English, in French and in Spanish.
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• Chen, Martha, Joann Vanek and Marilyn Carr. 2004. Mainstreaming Informal Employment and Gender in Poverty Reduction: A Handbook for Policymakers and Other Stakeholders. London: Commonwealth Secretariat.
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• Chen, Martha, Joann Vanek and James Heintz. 2006. "Informality, Gender and Poverty: A Global Picture." Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 41, No. 21, May 27, 2006.
  
  
• Chen, Martha and Marilyn Carr. 2004. "Globalization, Social Exclusion and Work: With Special Reference to Informal Employment and Gender." International Labour Review: Special Issue on More Equitable Globalization, Vol. 143, Nos. 1-2, Geneva: ILO.
• Chen, Martha and Marilyn Carr. 2002. " Globalization and the Informal Economy: How Global Trade and Investment Impact on the Working Poor." Working Paper on the Informal Economy , No. 1. Geneva : ILO
• Chen, Martha, Renana Jhabvala and Frances Lund. 2002. "Supporting Workers in the Informal Economy: A Policy Framework." Working Paper on the Informal Economy , No. 2. Geneva : ILO.
  
• Chen, Martha, Renana Jhabvala, and Reema Nanavaty. 2003. "Investment Climate and Informal Enterprises: A Case Study from Urban and Rural India ". Background Case Study for World Development Report 2005: A Better Investment Climate for Everyone.
  
• Chen, Martha, Renana Jhabvala, Ravi Kanbur, and Carol Richards, eds. 2007. Membership Based Organizations of the Poor. London: Routledge.
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• Chen, Martha, Renana Jhabvala, Ravi Kanbur, Nidhi Mirani, Karl Osner and Carol Richards, eds. 2005. Membership Based Organizations of the Poor: Reflections After an Exposure and Dialogue Program with SEWA in Gujarat , India , January 2005.
  
  
  
• Chen, Martha, Renana Jhabvala, Ravi Kanbur, Nidhi Mirani and Karl Osner, eds. 2004. Reality and Analysis: Personal and Technical Reflections on the Working Lives of Six Women . Working Paper 2004-06. Ithaca , NY : Working Paper, Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University.
  
  
• Chikarmane, Poornima and Laxmi Narayan. 2005. Case study on Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (Trade Union of Waste-pickers).
  
  
• Cohen, Monique with Mihir Bhatt and Pat Horn.. 2000. Women Street Vendors: The Road to Recognition." SEEDS, No. 20.
  
• Cook, Sarah, Naila Kabeer and Gary Suwannarat. 2003. Social Protection in Asia. New Delhi: Har-Anand Publications/Ford Foundation.
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• Cook, Sarah. 2002. "From Rice Bowl to Safety Net: Insecurity and Social Protection during China's Transition." Development Policy Review, Vol. 20, No. 5.
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• Cook, Sarah. 2001. After the Iron Rice Bowl: Extending the Safety Net in China. IDS Discussion Paper, No. 377. Brighton: IDS Sussex.
  
• Devenish, Annie and Caroline Skinner. 2004. Organising Workers in the Informal Economy: The Experience of the Self Employed Women’s Union, 1994-2004.
  
  
• Devey, Richard, Caroline Skinner and Imraan Valodia. 2003. "Informal Economy Employment Data In South Africa: A Critical Analysis." Paper presented at the Trade and Industry Policy Secretariat (TIPS) and Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) Forum 2003, 8 - 10 September 2003, Indaba Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa.
  
• Ferran, Lourdes. 1998. "Note on Concepts and Techniques for Estimating the Contribution of Women Working in the Informal Sector." New York: United Nations Statistics Division. Presented at the Delhi Group Meeting on Informal Sector Statistics, Ankara, April 28-30, 1998.
  
  
• Gallin, Dan. 2007. "The ILO Home Work Convention - Ten Years Later." Speech given at the policy conference on homebased workers in South Asia co-organized by SEWA and UNIFEM entitled "Women, Work and Poverty," New Delhi, India, January 18-20, 2007.
  
  
• Gallin, Dan. 2001. "Propositions on Trade Unions and Informal Employment in Times of Globalization." Antipode.
  
  
• Gallin, Dan and Pat Horn. 2005. "Organizing Informal Women Workers." Paper prepared for UNRISD Gender Policy Report.
• Gammage, Sarah. 2005. "Crowding In Collective Remittances: Lessons Learned from State-HTA Collaborations in El Salvador," Destination D.C. Working Paper, No. 7, June 2005. Women’s Studies Department, George Washington University and Center for Women and Work, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: Washington, D.C.
• Gammage, Sarah. 2004. “Viajeros y Viajeras en El Salvador: Enlazando Mundos, Estrechando Vínculos,” paper presented at the FLACSO/RR.EE. conference on La Transnacionalización de La Sociedad Centroamericana: Nuevos Retos Planteados a Partir de la Migración Internacional, Camino Real, San Salvador, May 13, 2004, Destination D.C. Working Paper, No. 2. Women’s Studies Department, George Washington University and Center for Women and Work, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Gammage, Sarah, Alison Paul, Melany Machado and Manuel Benítez. 2005. "Gender, Migration and Transnational Communities," Report to the Inter-American Foundation, Arlington, Virginia.
  
  
• Gammage, Sarah, Helene Jorgensen, Eugenia McGill with Marceline White. 2002. Trade Impact Review. Report prepared for Women’s EDGE, Global Trade Program, Washington, DC.
  
  
• Gordon, Jennifer. 2007. "Transnational Labour Citizenship." The Southern California Law Review , March 2007.
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• Guha-Khasnobis, Basudeb, Ravi Kanbur and Elinor Ostrom. 2006. Linking the Formal and Informal Economy: Concepts and Policies. London: Oxford University Press.
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• Guha-Khasnobis, Basudeb and Ravi Kanbur. 2006. Informal Labour Markets and Development. London: Palgrave MacMillan.
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• Heintz, James. 2006. "Globalization, Economic Policy and Employment: Poverty and Gender Implications." Employment Strategy Paper, No. 6. Geneva: Employment Policy Unit, Employment Strategy Department, ILO.
  
• Heintz, James. 2004. "Elements of an Employment Framework For Poverty Reduction in Ghana." A report of a joint ILO/UNDP mission. Washington, D.C.: UNDP.
  
  
• Heintz, James. 2003. "The New Face of Unequal Exchange: Low Wage, Manufacturing Commodity Chains and Global Inequality." Political Economy Research Institute Working Paper, No. 59. Amherst, MA: Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
  
  
  
• Heintz, James. 2002. "Global Labor Standards: Their Impact and Implementation." Political Economy Research Institute Working Paper, No. 46 . Amherst, MA: Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
  
  
  
• Heintz, James, Jeannette Wicks-Lim, and Robert Pollin. 2005. Decent Work in America: The State-by-State Work Environment Index, 2005. Amherst, MA: Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
  
  
  
• Heintz, James and Robert Pollin. 2003. "Informalization, Economic Growth and the Challenge of Creating Viable
  Labor Standards in Developing Countries." Political Economy Research Institute Working Paper, No. 60. Amherst, MA: Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
  
• Horn, Pat. 2004. "Rethinking the Informal Economy: Linkages with the Formal Economy and the Formal Regulatory Environment." Paper presented at the EGDI and UNU-WIDER Conference, Unlocking Human Potential: Linking the Informal and Formal Sectors, 17-18 September 2004, Helsinki , Finland.
  
• Jhabvala, Renana and Jane Tate. 1996. "Out of the Shadows: Homebased Workers Organize for International Recognition." SEEDS, No. 18.
  
  
• Jhabvala, Renana, Ratna M. Sudarshan and Jeemol Unni. 2003. Informal Economy Centre Stage. Delhi: Sage India.
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• Jhabvala, Renana and Ravi Kanbur. 2002. "Globalization and Economic Reform as Seen From the Ground: SEWA's Experience in India." Revised version published in Kaushik Basu, ed., India's Emerging Economy: Performance and Prospects in the 1990s and Beyond. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
• Jhabvala, Renana and Shalini Sinha. 2002. "Liberalisation and the Woman Worker." Economic and Political Weekly, May 25, 2002.
  
• Kabeer, Naila and Simeen Mahmud. 2004. "Rags, Riches and Women Workers: Export-oreinted Garment Manufacturing in Bangladesh." In Marilyn Carr, Ed., Chains of Fortune: Linking Women Producers and Workers with Global Markets. London: Commonwealth Secretariat.
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• Kabeer, Naila. 2002. "Safety Nets and Opportunity Ladders: Addressing Vulnerability and Enhancing Productivity in South Asia." Development Policy Review, Vol. 20, No. 5.
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• Kantor, Paula, Uma Rani and Jeemol Unni. 2006. "Decent Work Deficits in Informal Economy: Case of Surat." Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 41, No. 21, May 27, 2006.
  
• Lund , Francie. 2005. "A Framework for Analyzing Social Protection for Workers in the Informal Economy." In Claudia Piras, ed., Women at Work. Washington, D.C.: IDB.
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• Lund , Francie. 2004. Livelihoods (un)employment and social safety nets: reflections from recent studies in KwaZulu-Natal. Presentation for the South African Regional Poverty Network (SARPN), 22 July 2004.
  
  
• Lund , Francie. 2003. "People Working Informally: Negotiating the Use of Public Spaces in Durban City." Paper for panel entitled "Urban Responses to Street Traders: A Comparative Perspective from India, Kenya, and South Africa" at the Urban Research Symposium on Urban Development for Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction, World Bank, Washington, D.C., December 2003.
  
  
• Lund , Francie. 2002. "Social Security and the Changing Labour Market: Access for Non-standard and Informal Workers in South Africa." Social Dynamics, Vol. 28, No. 2.
  
  
• Lund , Francie. 2002. "Crowding in Care, Security and Micro-enterprise Formation: Revisiting the Role of the State in Poverty Reduction, and in Development." Journal of International Development, Vol. 14, No. 6.
  
  
• Lund , Francie and Anna Marriott. 2005. Occupational Health and Safety for the Poorest. London: Report for DFID UK.
  
  
• Lund, Francie and Cally Ardington. 2006. "Employment Status, Security, and the Management of Risk: A Study of Workers in Kwamsane, KwaZulu Natal." School of Development Studies Working Paper, No. 45
• Lund , Francie and Caroline Skinner. 2004. Integrating the informal economy in urban planning and governance: A case study of the process of policy development in Durban , South Africa. International Development Planning Review , Vol. 26, No. 4. ABSTRACT ONLY.
  
• Lund , Francie and Caroline Skinner. 2003. "The Investment Climate for the Informal Economy: A Case of Durban, South Africa". Background Case Study for World Development Report 2005: A Better Investment Climate for Everyone.
  
• Lund, Francie and Jillian Nicholson. 2006. Tools for Advocacy: Social Protection for Informal Workers. Cambridge: WIEGO and Homenet Thailand.
  
  
• Lund , Francie and Jillian Nicholson. 2003. Chains of Production, Ladders of Protection: Social Protection for Workers in the Informal Economy. Durban: School of Development Studies.
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• Lund , Francie, Jillian Nicholson and Caroline Skinner. 2000. Street Trading. Durban: School of Development Studies.
  Front Matter - Introduction - Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 - Chapter 4 - Appendices
  
• Lund , Francie and Smita Srinivas. 2000. Learning From Experience: A Gendered Approach to Social Protection for Workers in the Informal Economy. Geneva: ILO.
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• McCormick, Dorothy and Hubert Schmitz. 2002. Manual for Value Chain Research on Homeworkers in the Garment Industry. Brighton: Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.
  
• Medina, Martin. 2006. "The Informal Recycling Sector in Brazil." Presentation at the WIEGO/StreetNet International/ University of KwaZulu Natal Urban Policies Colloquium, April 24-25, 2006, Durban, South Africa.
  
  
• Medina, Martin. 2005. "Waste Picker Cooperatives in Developing Countries." Paper prepared for WIEGO/Cornell/SEWA Conference on Membership-Based Organizations of the Poor, Ahmedabad, India, January 2005.
  
  
• Medina, Martin. 2000. "Scavenger Cooperatives in Asia and Latin America."
  
  
• Medina, Martin. 1997. "Informal Recycling and Collection of Solid Wastes in Developing Countries: Issues
  and Opportunities." Tokyo: United Nations University / Institute of Advanced Studies Working Paper. No. 24.
  
• Mitullah, Winnie. 2004. A Review of Street Trade in Africa. Unpublished manuscript. Cambridge, MA : WIEGO.
  
  
• Mitullah, Winnie. 2003. "Street Vending in African Cities: A Synthesis of Empirical Findings from Kenya , Cote D'Ivoire , Ghana , Zimbabwe , Uganda and South Africa". Background Case Study for World Development Report 2005: A Better Investment Climate for Everyone.
  
• Mitullah, Winnie. 2003. "Street Trade in Kenya: The Contribution of Research in Policy Dialogue and Response." Paper for panel entitled "Urban Responses to Street Traders: A Comparative Perspective from India, Kenya, and South Africa" at the Urban Research Symposium on Urban Development for Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction, World Bank, Washington, D.C., December 2003.
  
• Nanavaty, Reema. 2004. "From Local to Global and Informal to Formal: Entering Mainstream Markets." Paper presented at the EGDI and UNU-WIDER Conference, Unlocking Human Potential: Linking the Informal and Formal Sectors, 17-18 September 2004, Helsinki, Finland.
  
  
• Pape, Karin. 2005. "The Infomal Economy and Trade Unions in Germany". Background paper for Exposure-Dialogue Programme with SEWA.
  This paper is available in English and in German.
  
  
• Paul, Alison and Sarah Gammage. 2004. “Hometown Associations and Development: The Case of El Salvador,” Destination D.C. Working Paper, No. 3. Women’s Studies Department, George Washington University and Center for Women and Work, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Posel, Dorrit, Fairburn, J. and Lund, Frances. 2006. “Labour Migration and Households: A Reconsideration of the Effects of the Social Pension on Labour Supply in South Africa.” Economic Modelling, Vol. 23: 836 – 853.
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• Roever, Sally. 2006. "Street Trade in Latin America:
  Demographic Trends, Legal Issues, and Vending Organizations in Six Cities." A Review Commissioned by WIEGO.
  
  
• Sharma, Alakh N. 2006. "Flexibility, Employment and Labour Market Reforms in India." Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 41, No. 21, May 27, 2006.
  
• Skinner, Caroline. 2005. "Constraints to Growth and Employment in Durban: Evidence from the Informal Economy." Research Report, No. 65. Durban: School of Development Studies.
  
• Skinner, Caroline and Imraan Valodia. 2004. "Informalising the Formal: Clothing Manufacturing in Durban , South Africa." Paper presented at the EGDI and UNU-WIDER Conference, Unlocking Human Potential: Linking the Informal and Formal Sectors, 17-18 September 2004, Helsinki, Finland.
  
• Tokman, Victor E. 2006. "Integrating the Informal Sector in the Modernization Process." Paper prepared for Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Development Forum on Productive Employment and Decent Work, 8-9 May 2006.
  
• Tokman, Victor E. 2003. "De la informalidad a la modernidad - Cinterfor Boletín 155." Geneva: ILO.
  
  
• Tokman, Victor E. 2001. "Integrating the Informal Sector in the Modernization Process." SAIS Review, Vol. 21, No. 1, Winter-Spring 2001.
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• Unni, Jeemol and Uma Rani. 2004. "Home-based Work in India : A Disappearing Continuum of Dependence?" Paper presented at the EGDI and UNU-WIDER Conference, Unlocking Human Potential: Linking the Informal and Formal Sectors, 17-18 September 2004, Helsinki , Finland.
  
  
• Unni, Jeemol and Uma Rani. 2004. "Gender, Informality and Poverty." Seminar, Vol. 531, November 2003.
  
  
• Unni, Jeemol and Uma Rani. 2002. Social Protection for Informal Workers: Insecurities, Instruments and Institutional Mechanisms. Geneva: International Labour Office.
  
  
• Unni, Jeemol and Uma Rani. 2002 .Insecurities of Informal Workers in Gujarat, India. Geneva: International Labour Office.
  
  
• Valodia, Imraan, Richard Devey and Caroline Skinner. 2005. "The State of the Informal Economy." In Sakhela Buhlungu, John Daniel, Roger Southall, and Jessica Lutchman, Eds. State of the Nation: South Africa 2005-2006. Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council Press.
  
• Vaux, Tony and Francie Lund. 2003.“Working Women and Security: SEWA’s response to Crisis”, Journal of Human Development, Vol. 4, No. 2.
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