History, Debate and Theory

Social Protection for Informal Workers: Insecurities, Instruments and Institutional Mechanisms

Labour Conditions for Construction: Decent Work, Building Cities and The Role of Local Authorities

Informal sector or petty commodity production: Dualism or dependence in urban development?

Identity Economics: Social Networks and the Informal Economy in Nigeria

Definitions, Data and the Informal Economy in South Africa: A Critical Analysis

Chapter can be accessed through Google Scholar or download the book, The Development Decade? in its entirety.

Social Security for Informal Economy Workers in Indonesia: Looking for Flexible and Highly Targeted Programmes

In Indonesia about 17% of the employed population enjoys formal social security mainly employees of the formal sector. With respect to health...

Relations of Production and Modes of Surplus Extraction in India: Part II – ‘Informal’ Industry

This paper uses aggregate-level data, as well as case-studies, to trace the evolution of some key structural features of the Indian economy,...

Neoliberal policies and informal labor in the Arab region

This paper was produced as a contribution to the 2016 Arab Watch Report on Economic and Social Rights, which focused on informal labor in...

Presentation on Livelihoods, (Un)Employment and Social Safety Nets

Proposed Recommendation Concerning National Floors of Social Protection

The “Social Protection Floors Recommendation (R 202)” has just been adopted with 453 votes in favour, 0 against, and 1 abstentions....