History, Debate and Theory

Women Street Traders in Urban South Africa: A Synthesis of Selected Research Findings

Centre for Social and Development Studies (CSDS) Research Report, No. 15

Beyond Regulation: The Informal Economy in Latin America

Do Economic Reforms Influence Home-Based Work? Evidence From India

‘Legal Empowerment of the Poor’ Versus ‘Right to the City’: Implications for Access to Housing in Urban Africa

The challenge of urban deprivation and exclusion in the urban South has given rise to varied and shifting policies and ideas. Two sets of...

Employment and Income in the Informal Economy: A Micro Perspective

The Informal Workforce and Public Policy

WIEGO translated this article into English (with permission) from the original, published in Trabajo Informal, Este Pais, in July 2013.  ...

Informal Labour Markets and Development

Presidential intervention and the changing ‘politics of survival’ in Kampala’s informal economyLondon School of Economics and Political Science

This paper uses the case of Uganda’s capital Kampala to explore how political configurations overturn structures of city governance, with...

From Local to Global and Informal to Formal: Entering Mainstream Markets

The Investment Climate for the Informal Economy: A Case of Durban, South Africa