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History, Debate and Theory

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  • Research Reports

    Voice Regulation in the Informal Economy and New Forms of Work

    Abstract:This paper draws comparisons between the situation of Black workers in Apartheid South Africa and workers in the contemporary South...

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    Dualism Revisited: A New Approach to the Problems of Dual Society in Developing Countries

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    SEWA Social Security: Organizing Women Workers for Insurance and Health Services

    Strategies and Tools against Social Exclusion and Poverty Programme

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    Contributing to the Fight Against HIV/AIDS within the Informal Economy: The Existing and Potential Role of Decentralized Systems fo Social Protection

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    Local Government in Transition – A Gendered Analysis of Trends in Urban Policy and Practice Regarding Street Trading in Five South African Cities

    Centre for Social and Development Studies (CSDS) Research Report, No. 18

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  • Journal Articles

    An exploration into the nature of informal—formal sector relationships

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    Informal Sector Enterprises: Some Measurement Issues

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    Rethinking the Informal Economy: From Enterprise Characteristics to Employment Relations

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    Constraints on Policy Making Towards the Informal Economy in Indonesia: Lessons of the Current Decade

    This study was undertaken as part of an effort to draw out policy lessons learnt since the systemic shock triggered by the 1997/98 crisis,...

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  • Journal Articles

    Beyond the Factory: Globalisation, Informalisation of Production and the New Locations of Labour

    This essay foregrounds the phenomenon of informalised self-employment and explores its implications for potentially new forms of labour activism....

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