History, Debate and Theory

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. ...

The Efficiency of Informality: Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Reductions from Informal Recycling in Bogotá, Colombia

Abstract: The dual challenges of increasing urbanization and consumption are centered in cities in the Global South, where growing waste...

Linking the Formal and Informal Economy: Concepts and Policies

Social Protection and The Labour Market: Towards a Research Agenda

Recycling Livelihoods – Integration of the Informal Recycling Sector in Solid Waste Management in India

Study prepared for GTZ’s sector project “Promotion of Concepts for Pro-Poor and Environmentally Friendly Closed-Loop Approaches in Solid...

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

Pension Systems for the Informal Sector in Asia

Conceptualizing Informality: Regulation and Enforcement

Identity Economics: Social Networks and the Informal Economy in Nigeria

Informal Economies