Global Supply Chains/Global Trade

A Theoretical Review of the Urban Informal Sector or Informal Economy in Developing Countries and Its Future Directions in an Era of Globalisation

Abstract: This paper is a theoretical review of the urban informal sector or ‘informal economy’ in developing countries. It reviews various...

Human Development and Clothing Manufacturing in Cambodia: Challenges and Strategies for the Garment Industry

Gender, Migration and Transnational Communities

Report to the Inter-American Foundation, Arlington, Virginia

Industrialization and New Forms of Employment in Tunisia

Global Trade and Homework: Closing the DivideGender and Development

Home work has re-emerged as a new form of subcontracted production. Promoted through global capital, it relies on sweatshop labour conditions...

Situating Home-based Work in the Webs of Macroscape

Global Labor Standards: Their Impact and implementation

Political Economy Research Institute Working Paper Series, No. 46

Informal Transport: A Global Perspective

Informal transport services—paratransit-type services provided without official sanction—can often be difficult to rationalize from a public...

Contract Labour in Global Garment Supply Chains

Subtitle: Key Characteristics and Recent Trends 

Globalization and Economic Reform as Seen From the Ground: SEWA’s Experience in India

Abstract: