Theme: Global Supply Chains/Global Trade

Informality, Gender and Poverty: A Global Picture

May 27, 2006

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....

The Business Environment and the Informal Economy: Creating Conditions for Poverty Reduction

Draft Paper for Committee of Donor Agencies for Small Enterprise Development Conference on “Reforming the Business Environment” November...

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

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Women in the Informal Sector: A Global Picture, the Global Movement

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Building Capacity for Change: Developing Women’s Leadership and Business Skills

This is an account of the “Developing Leadership & Business Skills for Informal Women Workers in Fair Trade” project, which took place...

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, ...

Homeworkers in Global Supply Chains: A Review of Literature

Informal Transport: A Global Perspective

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

Extending Social Protection to Informal Workers in the Horticulture Global Value Chain

Social Protection Discussion Paper Series, No. 0216