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Analyzing the accessibility of formal substantive law to ordinary Russians and finding low rates of participation in the legal system, even among people with viable legal claims.
This book traces the history of the land reform movement (The Urban Reform Forum ) and explains the advances of the City Statute and what followed after its approval, the creation of the Ministry of the Cities. It also dwells on the challenges of implementing such a progressive framework in the...
La ciudad de Medellín, después de unas décadas de aislamiento e involución caracterizadas por altos índices de inseguridad, violencia y segregación social, ha venido experimentando en la última década un proceso de renacimiento urbanístico que tuvo comienzo bajo el liderazgo del Alcalde Sergio...
Informal business and poverty in South Africa: Rethinking the paradigmLaw, Democracy and Development
Analysing policy discourse concerning the informal economy in South Africa, the article explicates in detail the paucity of (even ostensibly pro-poor) market-oriented prescriptions for enterprise development. The author presents the Sustainable Livelihoods approach as an alternative framework for...
Revista del Centro Nacional de Derechos Humanos
Videos / Slideshows / Audio
Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Watch this video to learn how.
Workers Education/Organizing Materials
This manual helps street vendors learn more about the regulations that govern public space and how to defend the right to work in public space. It describes successful actions taken by street vendor organizations. And it offers information to help you organize and negotiate with local government.
WIEGO Working Papers
Mike Rogan reviews how informal workers are taxed, why there is growing interest in taxing them, and whether they should be included in the tax net.