All posts in Global Supply Chains/Global Trade
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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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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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Research Reports
Extending Social Protection to Informal Workers in the Horticulture Global Value Chain
Social Protection Discussion Paper Series, No. 0216
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Research Reports
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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Books & Book Chapters
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...
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Project Reports
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...
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Journal Articles
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...
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Research Reports
Scandal: Inside the global supply chains of 50 top companies
The global supply chains of 50 companies employ only six per cent of people in a direct employment relationship, yet rely on a hidden workforce...
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