History, Debate and Theory

Managing Resources, Activities, and Risk in Urban India: The Impact of SEWA Bank

The Business Environment and the Informal Economy: Creating Conditions for Poverty Reduction

Draft Paper for Committee of Donor Agencies for Small Enterprise Development Conference on “Reforming the Business Environment” November...

Dynamic Social Security: Securing social stability and economic development

Developments and Trends Global Report 2010, ISSA

Integrating the Informal Sector in the Modernization Process

Paper prepared for Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Development Forum on Productive Employment and Decent Work, 8-9 May 2006 ...

International OSH Programme on the Informal Sector

The Lighthouse Effect and Beyond

Representing the part-time and contingent workforce: Challenges for unions and public policy

Women Entrepreneurs in the Informal Economy: Is formalization the only solution for business sustainability?

The existing marketing, strategy and economics literature have little to offer by way of recommendations to promote entrepreneurship in the...

Trade and Employment in Services: The Case of Indonesia

This study examines the importance of the services sector and its linkages with other sectors in terms of value-added and employment from...

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...