Garment Workers

Public Disclosure, Reputation Sensitivity, and Labor Law Compliance: Evidence from Better Factories CambodiaReview of Development Economics

This article is included in a special issue of the journal which includes 11 articles focused on informality. 

Globalization and Economic Reform as Seen From the Ground: SEWA’s Experience in India

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International trade and industrial upgrading in the apparel commodity chain

Who Should Be Accountable for the Bangladesh Building Collapse?

Contract Labour in Global Garment Supply Chains

Subtitle: Key Characteristics and Recent Trends 

Self Employed Women : A Profile of SEWA’s Membership

Abstract: This booklet provides a thorough analysis of the membership of SEWA, Self Employed Women‟s Association. SEWA is an officially registered...

Informal Economies and Urban Governance in Nigeria: Popular Empowerment or Political Exclusion?African Studies Review

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Fatal Fashion Analysis of recent factory fires in Pakistan and Bangladesh: A call to protect and respect garment workers’ lives

Stealing from the Poor: Wage Theft in the Haitian Apparel Industry

From the Executive Summary of the report: Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Its expanding garment industry pays wages...

Organizing in the Informal Economy: A Case Study of the Clothing Industry in South Africa

In Focus Programme, SEED Working Paper, No. 37