Theme: History, Debate and Theory

Gender and Informality in Labour Market in South Asia

Gender, Informality and Poverty: A Global Review

From the paper’s introduction: In this paper we shall argue that it is not informality per se, but the nature of work and its relation...

Urbanization and (In)formalization (Policy Research Working Paper)

Abstract: Two of the great stylized predictions of development theory, and two of the great expectations of policy makers as indicators of...

From protection to repression: the politics of street vending

Abstract: The political evolution of Kampala under the National Resistance Movement (NRM) has profoundly affected the fortunes of the city’s...

Globalization, Social Exclusion and Work: With Special Reference to Informal Employment and Gender

Policy Integration Department, Working Paper, No. 20

Waste Pickers Without Frontiers

Flexibility of Labour in Globalizing India

Constraints to Growth and Employment in Durban: Evidence from the Informal Economy

Identity Economics: Social Networks and the Informal Economy in Nigeria

Global Recession and the Informal Economy: Evidence from Latin America and Beyond