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Industrial Conflict in India in the Post-Reform Period The processes of liberalisation, globalisation, and privatisation were expected to weaken the bargaining power of workers vis-à-vis employers... Read More
Informal employment and health status in Central AmericaBMC Public Health Background: Informal employment is assumed to be an important but seldom studied social determinant of health, affecting a large number of... Read More
Women and Globalisation: Challenges and Opportunities Facing Construction Workers in Contemporary India This article identifies the opportunities and constraints faced by female construction workers in urban India, citing empirical research... Read More
Waste management policy: implications for landfill waste salvagers in the Western CapeInternational Journal of Environment and Waste Management Abstract: The City of Cape Town Solid Waste Management Department’s (CCTSWMD) design of a more formal, integrated and sustainable waste... Read More
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The dilemma of managing the challenges of street vending in public spaces: The case of Enugu City, Nigeria Abstract: Urbanisation trend in sub-Saharan Africa in general and Nigeria in particular, is characterised by rapid urban population growth... Read More
Pesticide Health and Safety Challenges Facing Informal Sector Workers: A Case of Small-scale Agricultural Workers in Tanzania Abstract: The Tanzania informal sector is growing fast, with precarious working conditions and particular hazards for women and children... Read More
Revanchist Urbanism Heads South: The Regulation of Indigenous Beggars and Street Vendors in Ecuador.Antipode Much of the discussion surrounding neoliberal urbanism has been empirically grounded in the North. This paper shifts the discussion south... Read More
Urban Markets in Lagos, Nigeria An emerging body of work on farmers markets and other traditional retail markets has recently come into focus among scholars concerned with... Read More
Efficient lighting uptake among the urban poor: evidence from a Kenyan informal settlementEnvironment and Urbanization This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO. Read More
