All posts in History, Debate and Theory
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Research Reports
Constraints on Policy Making Towards the Informal Economy in Indonesia: Lessons of the Current Decade
This study was undertaken as part of an effort to draw out policy lessons learnt since the systemic shock triggered by the 1997/98 crisis,...
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Journal Articles
Relations of Production and Modes of Surplus Extraction in India: Part II – ‘Informal’ Industry
This paper uses aggregate-level data, as well as case-studies, to trace the evolution of some key structural features of the Indian economy,...
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Research Reports
Rethinking the Informal Economy: Linkages with the Formal Economy and the Formal Regulatory Environment
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Journal Articles
Informality Revisited
Abstract: The paper draws on recent evidence––economic, sociological and anthropological––from Latin America to forward a view of the informal...
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Toolkits and Guides
eThekwini’s Informal Economy Policy
Approved and adopted by the Durban Unicity Council
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Audiovisual Materials
VIDEO: Pat Horn of StreetNet International Addresses ITUC
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Presentations
Informal Economy Debates: Dominant Schools of Thought
Over the years, the debate on the informal economy has crystallized into four dominant schools of thought regarding the causes, composition,...
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Audiovisual Materials
Social Protection for Home-Based Workers in Thailand
Thailand is taking steps to give people access to basic social protection, including providing universal health care and pension systems. However,...
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Audiovisual Materials
Substitution of Animal Traction Vehicles in Bogota
In 2003, the national transit code sought to eradicate animal traction vehicles or animal pulled carts that would have affected hundreds...
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Advocacy Materials
Jobs and Livelihoods – a DFID Report (UK)
WIEGO was invited by ActionAid to join its panel to provide oral evidence to the UK Parliament’s Economic Development Strategy Framework...
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