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Urban Employment in India: Recent Trends and PatternsWorking Paper 7 was first published in 2011 and was updated in 2014. This paper explores trends in urban employment in India, with a focus... Read More
Proceso de integración de los cartoneros de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Del reconocimiento a la gestión de Centros Verdes y la recolección selectivaEn Argentina, y en particular en su Capital Federal (Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires / CABA), la problemática asociada a los recolectores... Read More
Collective Bargaining by Informal Workers in the Global South: Where and How It Takes PlaceThis Working Paper examines what collective negotiation (bargaining) looks like and what it means for informal worker organizations and their... Read More
The Informal Economy in Greater Buenos Aires: A Statistical ProfileThis paper interrogates the nature of the informal economy in Greater Buenos Aires. It takes advantage of the existence of a unique dataset,... Read More
Social Protection, Citizenship and the Employment RelationshipThis paper addresses the issues of social protection, citizenship and the employment relationship, through the lens of South Africa. It argues... Read More
Informal Work and the Social Function of the City: A Framework for Legal Reform in the Urban EnvironmentThe New Urban Agenda envisages cities and human settlements that fulfil their social function. But what is a city’s “social function”? And... Read More
Informal Sector and Informal Employment: Overview of Data for 11 Cities in 10 Developing CountriesThis paper presents tabulations on informal employment in urban areas of 10 developing countries: Abidjan, Antananarivo, Bamako, Cotonou,... Read More
The Informal Economy: Definitions, Theories and PoliciesThe paper proposes a comprehensive policy response to the informal economy with four main pillars: create more formal jobs; regulate informal... Read More
Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Brazil, Pakistan, Peru and PhilippinesThis paper brings together the findings from four country papers on informal economy budget analysis. Informal economy budget analysis asks... Read More
Toward a Common Framework for Informal Employment across Developed and Developing CountriesThis paper addresses the importance of developing a common framework for defining informal employment in developed countries, and highlights... Read More
