History, Debate and Theory

After the Iron Rice Bowl: Extending the Safety Net in China

IDS Discussion Paper, No. 377

Flexibility, Employment and Labor Market Reforms in India

May 27, 2006

Promoting the Interests of Women in the Informal Economy: An Analysis of Street Trader Organizations in South Africa

Centre for Social and Development Studies (CSDS) Research Report, No. 19

From Widgets to Digits: Employment Regulation for the Changing Workplace

Flexibilization, Globalization, and Privitization: Three Challenges to Labor Rights in Our Time

‘Legal Empowerment of the Poor’ Versus ‘Right to the City’: Implications for Access to Housing in Urban Africa

The challenge of urban deprivation and exclusion in the urban South has given rise to varied and shifting policies and ideas. Two sets of...

Social Policy and Employment: Rebuilding the Connections

This brief points to the inappropriate decoupling of social policy from employment objectives and outlines their intrinsic links. It argues...

Informal Economy: Definition and Survey Methods

Introduction from the paper:  An increasing concern in the National and International forums has been that the usual labour force surveys...

Organizing Informal Workers: Benefits, Challenges, and Successes

Abstract: The informal workforce represents more than half of all workers in most developing countries and a significant share of workers...

The Politics of Urban Space in Mumbai: 'Citizens' versus the Urban Poor