Theme: Livelihoods

Peeling the Onion: Social Regulation of the Onion Market, Nangarhar, AfghanistanEconomic and Political Weekly

Afghanistan’s hope that market-driven agriculture will ensure its economic transformation demonstrates a wilful disregard of the links...

Home-Based Workers and Cities

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.   Abstract: This paper explores the impact of local government...

Decent Work for Domestic Workers

ILO: Geneva

Education and earnings in urban West Africa

Earning their keep and keeping what they earn: A critique of organizing strategies for South Asian women in the informal sector

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The Informal Sector in Ghana Under Siege

Labour Market Mobility of Low Income Households

Corporate Capitalism in the Name of Social Security

The many schemes that have been announced in the name of social security are limited in scope and the quantum of security they prefer. The...

Street Vendors and Cities

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.

Cooperatives and Unions: Joint Action for Informal Workers

Abstract: This article discusses the possibilities of building networks between trade unions and cooperatives operating in the informal economy....