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Making neo-liberal governance: the disempowering work of empowermentInternational Planning StudiesThis article casts light on the ideological apparatus of neo-liberal governance. It tries to analyze how neo-liberalism operates as an authorizing... Read More
Bringing Back Social ForestryEconomic and Political WeeklyIndia’s social forestry programme promised much in the late-1970s and mid-1980s. It became the programme to be emulated for many developing... Read More
Rethinking Gender and Waste: Exploratory Findings from Participatory Action Research in BrazilThis article focuses on how women waste pickers identify and deal with hierarchical gender relations. Based on findings from an exploratory... Read More
The Efficiency of Informality: Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Reductions from Informal Recycling in Bogotá, ColombiaAbstract: The dual challenges of increasing urbanization and consumption are centered in cities in the Global South, where growing waste... Read More
Monographic Section: India’s informal capitalism and its regulation – IntroductionInternational Review of SociologyThe papers included in this section of the International Review of Sociology explore the nature and working of India’s informal economy. ... Read More
The e-waste conundrum: Balancing evidence from the North and on-the-ground developing countries’ realities for improved managementAfrican Review of Economics and FinanceAbstract from African Review of Economics and Finance: E-waste is currently the fastest-growing waste stream, posing major global management... Read More
Home-Based Workers and CitiesThis special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO. Abstract: This paper explores the impact of local government... Read More
Africa’s World Trade: Informal Economies and Globalization from Below.Are Africa’s world markets really contributing to development across the continent for individuals, nations and regions? This is the... Read More
Informality Across the Global Economy – Subsistence, Avoidance and ViolationThe table of contents with descriptions is available on the ILO website and all journal articles are available on the journal’s website. ... Read More
The confounding influence of urban informality on innovation and production specialisation in production clusters: evidence from NairobiAbstract: This paper investigates two agglomeration economies, innovation and production specialisation, within Nairobi’s handicraft... Read More