Livelihoods

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...

Varieties of Legal Dualism: Making Sense of the Role of Law in Contemporary Russia

Explores dual (formal/informal) systems of political use of the courts and informal social/business networks in Russia.

Promouvoir les relations industrielles dans le secteur du travail domestique en Europe

Le présent rapport expose les résultats des recherches réalisées entre mai et novembre 2014 pour le projet EFFAT intitulé « Promouvoir les...

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...

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

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International trade and industrial upgrading in the apparel commodity chain

Understanding Gender Inequalities in Wages and Incomes in India

Associations and Activism: Mobilization of Urban Informal Workers in Costa Rica and Nicaragua

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The Informal Sector in Ghana Under Siege

Paying Waste Pickers for Environmental Services: A Critical Examination of Options Proposed in Brazil

This Brief synthesizes the main conclusions of the research and the methodology proposed by the Brazilian Institute for Applied Economic...