History, Debate and Theory

Social Policy and Employment: Rebuilding the Connections

This brief points to the inappropriate decoupling of social policy from employment objectives and outlines their intrinsic links. It argues...

Special Issue on Labor Law Reforms in India

The issue features an article on law and the self-employed in India (see pp 133-150, Legal Reforms for the Self-Employed: Three Urban Cases),...

Rethinking the Informal Economy: Linkages with the Formal Economy and the Formal Regulatory Environment

Old and new forms of informal labour

Note from WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference. 

Reality and Analysis: Personal and Technical Reflections on the Working Lives of Six Women

The Informal Economy in South Africa: Issues, Debates and Policies – Reflections after an Exposure Dialogue Programme

Dualism Revisited: A New Approach to the Problems of Dual Society in Developing Countries

Labour Migration and Households: A Reconsideration of the Effects of the Social Pension on Labour Supply in South Africa

Informal sector or petty commodity production: Dualism or dependence in urban development?

Extending Social Protection to Informal Workers in the Horticulture Global Value Chain

Social Protection Discussion Paper Series, No. 0216