Theme: Livelihoods

Durban Workers Unite to Defend Street Traders’ Livelihoods’

The Regularising State

This article discusses a form of informality widely prevalent in small and medium cities in Maharashtra, called gunthewari. It is an examination...

Promoting Occupational Safety and Health for Cambodian Entertainment Sector Workers

Abstract: Cambodia has developed booming textile, garment, tourism, and entertainment service industries since the mid-1990s. The 2007 global...

Sustainable Urban Livelihoods and Marketplace Social Capital: Crisis and Strategy in Petty Trade

Abstract:

The Informal Sector in Jinja, Uganda: Implications of Formalization and Regulation

Informalidad, inseguridad y cohesión social en América Latina

Trader associations and urban food systems in Ghana: Institutionalist approaches to understanding urban collective action

Abstract:

Neither Seen Nor Heard: South Asia’s Millions of Home-based Workers

Home-based workers in South Asia number in the tens of millions and are essential to many industries, yet remain invisible and disregarded...

Articulating Growth in the Urban Spectrum

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...