Theme: History, Debate and Theory

Getting Institutions Right? Local Government and Street Traders in Four South African Cities

Measuring the Unorganized Sector in India

2013 World Development Report on Jobs

The 2013 World Development Report on Jobs stresses the role of strong private sector led growth in creating jobs and outlines how jobs that...

Informal Economy Centrestage: New Structures of Employment

Relations of Production and Modes of Surplus Extraction in India: Part II – ‘Informal’ Industry

This paper uses aggregate-level data, as well as case-studies, to trace the evolution of some key structural features of the Indian economy,...

Introduction: Informality—Concepts, Facts and Models

From the article: “This article introduces a symposium on informality which pushes forward the research frontier by presenting new...

Where Bad Jobs Are Better: Retail Jobs Across Countries and Companies

For the most part, retail jobs are “bad jobs” characterized by low wages, unpredictable work schedules, and few opportunities for advancement....

Street Vending in African Cities: A Synthesis of Empirical Findings from Kenya, Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Uganda and South Africa

Background Paper for the World Bank’s 2005 World Development Report

Globalization and Economic Reform as Seen From the Ground: SEWA’s Experience in India

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