Links with Economic Growth/Crisis

Economic and Social Upgrading in Global Production Networks: Developing a Framework for Analysis

Capturing the Gains Working Paper, No. 3

Rigged Rules and Double Standards: Trade, Globalisation and the Fight Against Poverty

Has globalization gone too far?

Regulating Labor Relations in Global Production Networks: Insights on International Framework Agreements

Abstract: Unions are developing a strategy to bring to bear on the transnational regulation gap with regard to labor relations. One important...

Urban Informal Workers: Representative Voice & Economic Rights

Background Paper for 2013 World Development Report on Jobs    

Enfrentando a Crise: Recessão Persistente,Inflação Crescente, e a Força de Trabalho Informal (Sumário Executivo)

Report available in English here. Relatório disponível em português aqui. Informe disponible en español aquí.  

Globalization, Free Trade, and the Social Impact of the Decline of Informal Production: The Case of Artisans in Quito, Ecuador

In the context of globalization and policies to promote free trade on an international scale, this paper discusses what has happened to...

The Informal Economy and Workers in Nepal

This report marks an important point in debates about Nepal’s informal economy. For the first time, the significance of the informal economy...

Informality in the process of development and growth

Abstract: “Informality” is a term used to describe the collection of firms, workers, and activities that operate outside the...

Mainstreaming Informal Employment and Gender in Poverty Reduction: A Handbook for Policymakers and Other Stakeholders