History, Debate and Theory

The Other Path: The Invisible Revolution in the Third World

Introducing basic social protection in low income countries: Lessons from existing programmes

Brooks World Poverty Institute Working Paper, No. 6

Latin American capitalism: economic and social policy in transition

Lurking in the Shadows: The Informal Sector and Government Policy

International Finance Discussion Papers, No. 664

The Second Industrial Divide

Barriers to Entry and Returns to Capital in Informal Activities: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Laws or Luck?

ILO Office in Brazil, Working Paper No. 5

Facing the Facts: Acknowledging the informal economy in anti-poverty policies and services

Most people who work informally are forced to do so to make ends meet rather than out of a desire to cheat the system. Yet by working in...

Social Protection as Development Policy: Asian Perspectives

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...