Theme: History, Debate and Theory

Informalization, Economic Growth and the Challenge of Creating Viable Labor Standards in Developing Countries

Political Economy Research Institute Working Paper Series, No. 60

The State of the Informal Economy

Available as a download from HSRC Press website

The Informal Economy in Comparative Perspective

Employment and Income in the Informal Economy: A Micro Perspective

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...

Rethinking the Informal Economy: Linkages with the Formal Economy and the Formal Regulatory Environment (Research Paper)

(Re)conceptualizing poverty and informal employment

Note from WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference. 

Informality and Social Protection: Theory and Realities

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...

International Handbook of Gender and Poverty