Garment Workers

Alliances across the formal-informal divide: South African debates and Nigerian experiences

Abstract:

Global Wage Trends for Apparel Workers

When images of poor labor conditions in the garment industries of leading apparel-exporting countries reach the global news media, it is...

Informal Tradables and the Employment Growth of Indian Manufacturing

Abstract: India’s manufacturing growth from 1989 to 2010 displays two intriguing properties: 1) a substantial fraction of absolute and net...

Waged Work at Home: The Social Organization of Industrial Outwork in Hong Kong

The growth and organisation of a precariat: Working in the clothing industry in Johannesburg’s Inner city

7th GLU Conference, „The Politics of Labour and Development‟ 28-30 September 2011, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Estimating the Number and Economic Contribution of Home-Based Garment Producers in Ahmedabad

NCAER Working Paper Series No. 75

Are Ethical Initiatives Successful in the Indian Garment Industry? A Focus on Homeworkers

Development Viewpoint, No. 83

Obliging Need: Rural Petty Industry in Mexican Capitalism

Work and Economic Security in the 21st Century: What Can We Learn From Ela Bhatt?

This paper is the result of research on SEWA including an interview with Ela Bhatt, conducted by Edward Webster, Professor Emeritus at the...

Where Am I Wearing?