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The global expansion of precarious employment, work disorganization, and consequences for occupational health: placing the debate in comparative historical perspectiveInternational Journal of Health Services
Abstract:
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Codes of Conduct and Multinational Enterprises (CD-ROM)
More information about the CD-ROM is available on the ILO website, including this introduction:
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Urbanization and Agglomeration Benefits: Gender Differentiated Impacts on Enterprise Creation in India’s Informal Sector
This paper presents an exploration at the intersection of four important themes in the current development discourse: urbanization, agglomeration...
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Research ReportsFormalizing Domestic Work
Many countries around the world are at the onset of a care crisis: with the ageing of the population, and continually increasing rates of...
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Research ReportsHawkers and the Urban Informal Sector: A Study of Street Vending in Seven Cities
The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of the problems of street vendors in urban areas. The study discusses the profession...
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Occupational Exposure and Health Problems in Small Scale Industry Workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a Situation AnalysisOccupational Medicine
Background: Workers in informal small-scale industries (SSI) in developing countries involved in welding, spray painting, woodwork and metalwork...
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Can industrial outwork enhance homeworkers’ capabilities? Evidence from clusters in South AsiaWorld Development
Homework can be seen as the source of exploitation of workers, but under some conditions, it can foster human development and the emergence...
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Recommendation No. 204 concerning the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy
Text of the Recommendation adopted by the Conference at its 104th Session in Geneva, on 12 June 2015.
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Hierarchies of care work in South Africa: nurses, social workers and home-based care workers
This article by Francie Lund, who led WIEGO’s Social Protection Programme from 2000-2016, is chapter 21 (page 465-79) of the volume. ...
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Urban Planning for the Working Poor
Background Note for the HABITAT Jam, December 1-4, 2005
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