Links with Economic Growth/Crisis

Whose Wealth Is It Anyway? Mozambique’s Outstanding Economic Growth with Worsening Rural Poverty

Despite rapid economic growth and massive inflows of aid, rural poverty in Mozambique is worsening. Agricultural production and productivity have...

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...

Informality, Gender and Poverty: A Global Picture

May 27, 2006

Institutions and Female Entrepreneurship

Global Wage Report 2012/13 Wages and equitable growth

This Report presents data on wage trends around the world and compares them with trends in labor production, analyzing the effects on the...

Varieties of Capitalism and Employment Relations: Informally Dominated Market Economies

The varieties of capitalism and employment relations literature have largely focused on formally regulated market economies, with a general neglect...

Technology at the base of the pyramid: insights from Ahmedabad (India), Durban (South Africa) and Lima (Peru)

Final report for the Technology and the Future of Work Project undertaken by Practical Action and WIEGO with support from the Rockefeller...

Unprotected Migrants: Zimbabweans in South Africa’s Limpopo Province

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

Global Wage Report 2012/13: Wages and Equitable Growth (Chinese)

The Global Wage Report 2012/13 looks at differences in wages around the globe and how they have been influenced by the economic crisis. It...