Theme: History, Debate and Theory

Work and Economic Security in the 21st Century: What Can We Learn From Ela Bhatt?

This paper is the result of research on SEWA including an interview with Ela Bhatt, conducted by Edward Webster, Professor Emeritus at the...

The Informal Economy

Social Protection as Development Policy: Asian Perspectives

Informal Workers in the Developing World: Organizing in the Global Economy New Labor Forum

The Efficiency of Informality: Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Reductions from Informal Recycling in Bogotá, Colombia

Abstract: The dual challenges of increasing urbanization and consumption are centered in cities in the Global South, where growing waste...

Informality Revisited

Abstract: The paper draws on recent evidence––economic, sociological and anthropological––from Latin America to forward a view of the informal...

The Politics of Urban Space in Mumbai: ‘Citizens’ versus the Urban Poor

Social Security and the Changing Labour Market: Access for Non-standard and Informal Workers in South Africa

Informal Labour in the Construction Industry in Kenya: A Case Study of Nairobi

Social Policy and Inequality in Latin America: A Review of Recent Trends