History, Debate and Theory

The Informal Economy: Recent Trends, Future Directions

Abstract: Informal employment represents more than half of nonagricultural employment in most developing regions, contributes to the overall...

The Urban Informal Sector: Critical Perspectives on Employment and Housing Policies

The Global Crisis, Unemployment and HIV/ AIDS: What Role for Public Works Programmes?

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...

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

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

Strategies and Tools against Social Exclusion and Poverty Programme

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

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

An exploration into the nature of informal—formal sector relationships

Informal Sector Enterprises: Some Measurement Issues