Livelihoods

Land, Life, and Security: An Interview with Edgardo Garcia, Secretary General of the Association of Farm Workers in Nicaragua

Abstract: This is an interview with Edgardo Garcia, Secretary General of the Association of Farm Workers in Nicaragua and Oscar Berríos from...

SEWU and Sikhula Tips on Organising Informal Workers

Producing Privatization: Re-articulating Race, Gender, Class and Space

Addressing inequality and economic marginalisation

Cape Town: Institute for African Alternatives

Co-optation, Competition and Resistance: State and Street Vendors in Mexico City

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Reconfiguring Space, Mobilizing Livelihood: Street Vending, Legality, and Work in the Philippines

In the Philippines, the liberalization of the country’s economy has meant increasing rural to urban migration and dramatic growth in informal...

Two Economies? Mistaken Idea?

We Need to Start Respecting Informal Workers

In the midst of rapid urbanization, the question of whether and how to formalize the informal economy is a growing concern.

Does Informal Employment Exist in the United States and Other Developed Countries? New Solutions

Abstract: This editorial argues that informal employment does exist in developed countries and needs to be studied as such to complement...

Strength in Networks: Employment Rights Organizations and the Problem of Co-Ordination

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