Livelihoods

Informality in Africa: A Review

This paper examines the realities of informal employment in sub-Saharan Africa, where a significant proportion of employment activity and...

Assessing the Reintegration of Ex-Combatants in the Context of Instability and Informal Economies

The Story Behind the Numbers: Women and Employment in Central and Eastern Europe and the Western Commonwealth of Independent States

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...

Special Report on the Informal Economy

Report on ILO Recommendation 204 which focuses on “Ending Informality”, and stands for social inclusion, social justice and a...

Street Vendors and Cities

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

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)

Education and earnings in urban West Africa

New Governance and the Role of Public and Private Monitoring of Labor Conditions: Sweatshops and China Social Compliance for Textile and Apparel Industry/CSC9000T

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