Links with Economic Growth/Crisis

Push or Pull? Drivers of Female Labor Force Participation during India’s Economic Boom

Abstract: In the past twenty years, India’s economy has grown at increasing rates and now belongs to the fastest-growing economies...

ASR Forum: Engaging with African Informal Economies: Social Inclusion of Adverse Incorporation? INCORPORATION? (Introduction)African Studies Review

Progress of the World’s Women 2005: Women, Work and Poverty

Available in English here Disponible en español aquí Disponible en français ici 

No Cushion to Fall Back On: The Global Economic Crisis and Informal Workers

Report available in English here.Informe disponible en español aquí.Fact Sheet available in English here.Ficha Técnica disponible en español...

World of Work Report 2008: Income Inequalities in the Age of Financial Globalization

Industrialization and New Forms of Employment in Tunisia

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...

Rethinking the Informal Economy: From Enterprise Characteristics to Employment Relations

Household Enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why They Matter for Growth, Jobs, and Livelihoods

Decent Work and the Informal Economy

From the paper: “This brief sets out key issues, debates and concepts behind analytical discussions on the informal economy. It outlines...