Livelihoods

Die ILO-Konvention: Gute Arbeit für HausarbeiterinnenLuXemburg: Gesellschaftsanalyse und Linke Praxis

The English title of this German language article is “The ILO Convention Decent Work for Domestic Workers. More than a promise?”...

Changes in Official Attitudes Towards Urban Agriculture in AccraAfrican Studies Quarterly

Securing Livelihoods-Special Edition

Contents of this Special Edition of The Economist include: –Long-term living standards –Crises and their impact –Technology...

Towards an Inclusive Occupational Health and Safety For Informal Workers

Abstract: Large numbers of workers worldwide work informally. Yet the discipline and practice of occupational health and safety covers largely...

Slim pickin’s: Supporting waste pickers in the ecological modernization of urban waste management systems

Abstract: Informal sector scavengers or waste pickers have been unrecognized stakeholders on the fringes of the urban waste landscape since...

The Tobacco Industry and Women’s Employment: Old Concerns and New Imperatives

S’organiser dans la rue: une étude des récupérateurs de rue à Cape Town

Un sommaire tiré du rapport de Koni Benson et de Nandi Vanqa-Mgijima, International Labour Research and Information Group (ILRIG)

The ‘right to the city’: Institutional imperatives of a development state

Wages and Incomes in Formal and Informal Sectors in India

Waste and Development – Perspectives from the Ground

While waste pickers provide vital services to their communities, their municipalities and the environment – they generally face very difficult...