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The tangled web of associational life: Urban governance and the politics of popular livelihoods in Nigeria

Informal economy, informal state: the case of UzbekistanInternational Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

In the Soviet Union, the official command structure for economic production and distribution gave rise to, and depended upon, what has been...

Governance Structure and Labour Market Outcomes in Garment Embellishment Chains

China’s Neglected Informal Economy: Reality and TheoryModern China

Abstract: The informal economy—defined as workers who have no security of employment, receive few or no benefits, and are often unprotected...

Informality in Africa: A Review

This paper examines the realities of informal employment in sub-Saharan Africa, where a significant proportion of employment activity and...

Informal business and poverty in South Africa: Rethinking the paradigmLaw, Democracy and Development

Analysing policy discourse concerning the informal economy in South Africa, the article explicates in detail the paucity of (even ostensibly...

Informality in South Asia: A Review

This paper seeks to explore the diversity of the informal economy across five countries in South Asia: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan,...

Legal reforms for the self-employed: three urban cases

Four out of five urban workers in modern India are engaged in the informal economy, and half of these are self-employed. This article examines...

The Global Crisis, Unemployment and HIV/ AIDS: What Role for Public Works Programmes?

Street Trade in Africa: A Review

Despite the advances in modern retailing, millions of people throughout the world still make their living partly or wholly through selling...