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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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