Global Supply Chains/Global Trade

Informal Transport: A Global Perspective

Informal transport services—paratransit-type services provided without official sanction—can often be difficult to rationalize from a public...

The Informal Sector in Ghana

Overview of the informal sector in Ghana, with a focus on domestic workers, street vendors, and head porters

From Local to Global and Informal to Formal: Entering Mainstream Markets

Why Earn Less? Gender-based Factors Affecting the Earning of Self-Employed Women in Turkey

Trading Our Way Up: Women Organizing for Fair Trade

This book details the findings of the multicountry action research project Women Organizing for Fair Trade, funded by the Dutch Ministry...

Globalization and the Informal Economy: How Global Trade and Investment Impact on the Working Poor

This paper examines the impact of globalization on those who work in the informal economy, with a special emphasis on women workers and producers. ...

Informalising the Formal: Clothing Manufacturing in Durban, South Africa

Crowding in Collective Remittances: Lessons Learned from State-HTA Collaborations in El Salvador

Destination D.C. Working Paper

Women Producers and the Benefits of Collective Forms of Enterprise

The article describes findings related to women’s experiences in collective enterprises, all linked to the Fair Trade movement. It includes...

Bringing Commodity Chain Analysis Back to its World Systems Roots: Rediscovering Women’s Work and Households

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