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Chant

International Handbook on Gender and Poverty, edited by Sylvia Chant, Edward Elgar publishers, 2010.  The Handbook contains a chapter by Marty Chen, International Coordinator of WIEGO, entitled “Informality, Poverty, and Gender: Evidence from the Global South”. 

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Book on Waste PickersRefusing to be Cast Aside:
Waste Pickers Organising Around the World

Edited by Melanie Samson

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Women, gender and the informal economy:
An assessment of ILO research and suggested ways forward
. Sylvia Chant and Carolyn Pedwell. ILO working paper series, 2008

This paper is an assessment of ILO research on women, gender, and informal economy with suggestions for future research.

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Inclusive Urban Planning

Inclusive Urban Planning Stories, 2009


Domestic Workers Rights - download leaflet Domestic Workers Rights (leaflet)
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Rethinking Informalization

"Rethinking Informalization: Poverty, Precarious Jobs and Social Protection." Cornell Univeristy Open Access Repository. Edited by Neema Kudva and Lourdes Beneria.

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Kathleen Burr

Social Protection for India's Informal Sector Workers: The role of women's civil society and the state. Kathleen Burr. VDM Verlag, Germany. 2008.

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ILO World Report 2008

World of Work Report 2008: "Income Inequalities in the Age of Financial Globalization." International Labour Organization (ILO). International Institute for Labour Studies

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Flexibility of Labour in Globalizing India

Flexibility of Labour in Globalizing India: The Challenge of Skills and Technology. Jeemol Unni, Uma Rani. Tulika Books, New Delhi. 2008.

The focus of the book is on how workers and small enterprises in India fare when faced with the processes of globalization and liberalization.

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Journal Issues Dedicated to the Informal Economy

Interview

Informal work: From concept to action, by Christine Nathan

Informal work: Concept and definition

Work, law and the "informality" concept, by Dwight W. Justice

Union education for informal workers in Latin America, by Gerardo Castillo, Miguel Frohlich and Alvaro Orsatti

The challenge of the informal economy, by Emile Delvaux

Informal solidarity, yes! Informal exploitation, no!, by Mathieu Debroux

Forging alliances, developing cooperation

Organizing in the informal economy, by Dan Gallin

Cooperatives and unions - joint action for informal workers, by Mark Levin

Unions and the informal economy in Africa , by Mohammed Mwamadzingo

Unionizing informal workers in Ghana, by Nana K. T. Ghartey and David Kwabla Dorkenoo

Behind the informal work

The dark side of competition in microfinance, by Luis Bredow

Informal finance: Exploitation or empowerment?, by Bernd Balkenhol

The costs of informality: An illustration from India, by Ratna M. Sudarshan

Undeclared jobs threaten Europe's "social model", by Anne Renaut

Annex I

Conclusions concerning decent work and the informal economy
(90th Session of the International Labour Conference, Geneva, June 2002) 59

Annex II

Promotion of Cooperatives Recommendation, 2002 (No. 192) 69