History, Debate and Theory

Making labor law work for part-time and contingent workers

Policy Resource Guide on the Informal Economy and Decent Work

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The New Face of Unequal Exchange: Low-Wage Manufacturing, Commodity Chains, and Global Inequality

Political Economy Research Institute Working Paper, No. 59

Tackling Entrepreneurship in the Informal Sector: An Overview of the Policy Options, Approaches and Measures

The aim of this paper is to review the various policy options, approaches and measures that can be used to address informal entrepreneurship....

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...

Informal Employment in the Global South: Globalization, Production Relations and “Precarity”

This book presents original theory and research on precarious work in various parts of the world, identifying its social, political, and...

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...

Global Labor Standards: Their Impact and implementation

Political Economy Research Institute Working Paper Series, No. 46

People Working Informally: Negotiating the Use of Public Spaces in Durban City

Paper for panel entitled “Urban Responses to Street Traders: A Comparative Perspective from India, Kenya, and South...