Theme: History, Debate and Theory

Informalisation and the Reconfiguration of Labour Relations in the Durban Clothing Industry

The New Face of Unequal Exchange: Low-Wage Manufacturing, Commodity Chains, and Global Inequality

Political Economy Research Institute Working Paper, No. 59

Tackling Entrepreneurship in the Informal Sector: An Overview of the Policy Options, Approaches and Measures

The aim of this paper is to review the various policy options, approaches and measures that can be used to address informal entrepreneurship....

‘The State in a Changing World’; plus ça change?: Reflections from the south on the World Bank’s 1997 World Development Report

Abstract: Drawing on South African experiences, this paper provides a critical evaluation of the World Bank’s 1997 World Development...

Informal Employment in the Global South: Globalization, Production Relations and “Precarity”

This book presents original theory and research on precarious work in various parts of the world, identifying its social, political, and...

Progress of the World’s Women 2005: Women, Work and Poverty

Available in English here Disponible en español aquí Disponible en français ici 

Crowding in Care, Security and Micro-enterprise Formation: Revisiting the Role of the State in Poverty Reduction, and in Development

Employment, Incomes and Equality: A Strategy for Increasing Productive Employment in Kenya

A report of an inter- agency team financed by the United Nations Development Programme and organised by the International Labour Office to...

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

Barriers to Entry and Returns to Capital in Informal Activities: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa