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  • Journal Articles

    Occupational and Environmental Health Risks Associated with Informal Sector Activities—Selected Case Studies from West Africa

    Abstract: Most in the Economic Community of West African States region are employed in the informal sector. While the informal sector plays...

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  • Research Reports

    Decent Work for Domestic Workers, Report IV

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  • Research Reports

    Estimating Domestic Workers, Home-Based Workers, Street Vendors and Waste Pickers in India

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  • Research Reports

    Household-Related Variables and Reported Illness in Street Vendors and Their Children in a South African City

    Takemi Program on International Health Research Paper, No. 134

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  • Journal Articles

    An analytical framework and tool (‘InteRa’) for integrating the informal recycling sector in waste and resource management systems in developing countries

    Abstract: In low- and middle-income developing countries, the informal (collection and) recycling sector (here abbreviated IRS) is an important,...

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  • Journal Articles

    Crowding in Care, Security and Micro-enterprise Formation: Revisiting the Role of the State in Poverty Reduction, and in Development

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  • Books & Book Chapters
  • Books & Book Chapters

    Rethinking Informalization: Poverty, Precarious Jobs and Social Protection

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Reassembling Social Security: A Survey of Pensions and Health Care Reforms in Latin America

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  • Journal Articles

    ‘Good jobs’ and hidden costs: Women workers documenting the price of precarious employmentGender and Development

    Summary:This article describes the precarious terms and conditions of employment experienced by millions of women working in global supply...

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