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India’s Handloom ChallengeThe Indian weaver is dismissed in high places as an embarrassing anachronism, despite demand for his or her skills and products. In the new... Read More
Bringing Formal Business Laws to Cameroon’s Informal Sector: Lessons and Cautions from the Tax Law ExampleWashington University Global Studies Law ReviewAbstract: A substantial majority of non-agricultural workers in a developing country such as Cameroon engage in legal businesses below the... Read More
Understanding South African social security through recent household surveys: New opportunities and continuing gapsDevelopment Southern AfricaThe aim of this article is to identify some of the difficult areas in researching the South African social security system, and to offer... Read More
The Changed World of WorkAbstract: The majority of workers in the global south, and increasing numbers in the north, work in the informal economy. Most are de facto... Read More
Revolution in the Garbage Dump: The Political and Economic Foundations of the ColombianNote: full article access requires subscription Read More
Waste Pickers and CitiesThis special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO. Read More
Beyond urban vulnerability: interrogating the social sustainability of a livelihood in the informal economy of Nigerian cities.Aba is a politically volatile, economically vibrant but environmentally poor city that is a microcosm of social conditions in the Nigerian... Read More
Urban livelihoods: reviewing the evidence in support of the New Urban AgendaSUMMARY: The New Urban Agenda (NUA) recognizes the role played by the urban informal economy and makes bold commitments to inclusive urban... Read More
Rethinking technological choices and knowledge production in the mines and on the factory floor: Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha’s experiences in central IndiaAbstract: This paper seeks to locate in the experiences of the Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha, a workers’ collective in Central India, an alternative... Read More
Informality RevisitedAbstract: The paper draws on recent evidence––economic, sociological and anthropological––from Latin America to forward a view of the informal... Read More
