History, Debate and Theory

Social pensions and policy learning: The case of southern Africa

Informalization, Economic Growth and the Challenge of Creating Viable Labor Standards in Developing Countries

Political Economy Research Institute Working Paper Series, No. 60

The State of the Informal Economy

Available as a download from HSRC Press website

The Informal Economy in Comparative Perspective

Employment and Income in the Informal Economy: A Micro Perspective

Defining and Categorizing Organizations of Informal Workers in Developing and Developed Countries

This organizing brief, written for researchers and activists concerned about informal workers, aims to capture the full range of or­ganizational...

Beyond Formality and Informality

Domestic workers, informal construction workers, and the state…and almost everything else

Note from WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference. 

Chains of Production, Ladders of Protection: Social Protection for Workers in the Informal Economy

Voice Regulation in the Informal Economy and New Forms of Work

Abstract:This paper draws comparisons between the situation of Black workers in Apartheid South Africa and workers in the contemporary South...