All posts in Global Supply Chains/Global Trade
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Research Reports
Crowding in Collective Remittances: Lessons Learned from State-HTA Collaborations in El Salvador
Destination D.C. Working Paper
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Journal Articles
Global Trade and Homework: Closing the DivideGender and Development
Home work has re-emerged as a new form of subcontracted production. Promoted through global capital, it relies on sweatshop labour conditions...
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Research Reports
Globalization, Economic Policy and Employment: Poverty and Gender Implications
Employment Strategy Paper, No. 6
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Research Reports
Contract Labour in Global Garment Supply Chains
Subtitle: Key Characteristics and Recent Trends
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Research Reports
Street Trade in Kenya: The Contribution of Research in Policy Dialogue and Response
Paper for panel entitled “Urban Responses to Street Traders: A Comparative Perspective from India, Kenya, ...
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Journal Articles
Beyond the Factory: Globalisation, Informalisation of Production and the New Locations of Labour
This essay foregrounds the phenomenon of informalised self-employment and explores its implications for potentially new forms of labour activism....
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Research Reports
Homework in the Context of Globalization
Paper prepared for the workshop, “Towards Securer Lives – Social Protection for Home Based Workers in South Asia,”...
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Research Reports
The Informal Sector in Ghana
Overview of the informal sector in Ghana, with a focus on domestic workers, street vendors, and head porters
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Journal Articles
Informal Transport: A Global Perspective
Informal transport services—paratransit-type services provided without official sanction—can often be difficult to rationalize from a public...
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Journal Articles
Bringing Commodity Chain Analysis Back to its World Systems Roots: Rediscovering Women’s Work and Households
Abstract
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