All posts in Global Supply Chains/Global Trade
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Research Reports
Globalization, Economic Policy and Employment: Poverty and Gender Implications
Employment Strategy Paper, No. 6
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Contract Labour in Global Garment Supply Chains
Subtitle: Key Characteristics and Recent Trends
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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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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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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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Bringing Commodity Chain Analysis Back to its World Systems Roots: Rediscovering Women’s Work and Households
Abstract
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Extending Social Protection to Informal Workers in the Horticulture Global Value Chain
Social Protection Discussion Paper Series, No. 0216
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Mapping Exercise of Home Based Workers in Maharashtra
From the paper’s introduction: “Home‐based work has a much wider scope of activity than the singular task of an individual working...
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