Links with Economic Growth/Crisis

Informality in the process of development and growth

Abstract: “Informality” is a term used to describe the collection of firms, workers, and activities that operate outside the...

Chains of Fortune: Linking Women Producers and Workers with Global Markets

Measuring Vulnerability: Who Suffered in the 1995 Mexican Crisis?

Globalization, Labour Markets and Social Outcomes in Developing Countries

Reddy, Sanjay G., Globalisation, Labour Markets, and Social Outcomes in Developing Countries (November 2006). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=942087...

Informalization, Economic Growth and the Challenge of Creating Viable Labor Standards in Developing Countries

Political Economy Research Institute Working Paper Series, No. 60

Identity Economics: Social Networks and the Informal Economy in Nigeria

Global Recession and the Informal Economy: Evidence from Latin America and Beyond

Special Issue on Unorganized WorkersThe Indian Journal of Industrial Relations

The informal economy has always existed in India, but it was seen neither as an important part of the economy, nor as a theoretical category...

Whose Wealth Is It Anyway? Mozambique’s Outstanding Economic Growth with Worsening Rural Poverty

Despite rapid economic growth and massive inflows of aid, rural poverty in Mozambique is worsening. Agricultural production and productivity have...

Addressing Informality, Reducing PovertyPoverty in Focus

There is increasing recognition that decent and productive employment is an essential pathway to poverty reduction. Most of the working poor...