Arab States

Wages and Bottlenecks: Home-Based Work and Factory System in Istanbul

Paper from the International Conference on Globalization and Its Discontents, SUNY Cortland, 2007

Informal Labor in Arab Countries

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

The Informal Sector in Waste Recycling in Egypt

Presupuesto y Economía Informal en Brasil, Pakistán, Perú y las Filipinas

Este documento reúne resultados de cuatro estudios de países sobre el análisis presupuestario de la economía informal.

Informality, Employment and Economic Development in the Arab World

From the abstract:

Informal economy and labour market policies and institutions in selected Mediterranean countries: Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Algeria and Morocco

Revisiting CEDAW’s Recommendations: Has anything changed for migrant workers in Israel in the last two years?

From the paper’s introduction: “Two years ago, in early 2011, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination...

Stitched Up: Poverty wages for garment workers in Eastern Europe and Turkey

A report released in June 2014 by Clean Clothes Campaign shows that garment workers in Eastern Europe and Turkey are paid poverty wages and...

Micro-Determinants of Informal Employment in The Middle East and North Africa Region

Social Protection Discussion paper, No. 1201

Black Money, Black Labor: Collection of Brokerage Fees from Migrant Caregivers in Israel

From the paper’s introdution: “Kav LaOved conducted a survey in March 2013, with data from 835 migrant workers who arrived in...