Links with Economic Growth/Crisis

Deciphering African Informal Economies

Note prepared for the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference.

Chains of Production, Ladders of Protection: Social Protection for Workers in the Informal Economy

The Asian Financial Crisis: The Challenge for Social Policy

The Informal Sector in Sri Lanka: Its Nature and Extent and the Impact of Globalization

Formal-Informal Economy Linkages and Unemployment in South Africa

Informal Economies and Urban Governance in Nigeria: Popular Empowerment or Political Exclusion?African Studies Review

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‘Labour Chains’: Analysing the Role of Labour Contractors in Global Production NetworksBrooks World Poverty Institute Working Papers

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Household Enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why They Matter for Growth, Jobs, and Livelihoods

Household Enterprises in Mozambique: Key to Poverty Reduction but Not on the Development Agenda?

Household enterprises—usually one-person-operated tiny informal enterprises—are a rapidly growing source of employment in Sub-Saharan Africa,...

Informal economy, informal state: the case of UzbekistanInternational Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

In the Soviet Union, the official command structure for economic production and distribution gave rise to, and depended upon, what has been...