Theme: Livelihoods

Left behind to farm? Women’s labor reallocation in rural China

Wages and Incomes in Formal and Informal Sectors in India

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...

Through the Magnifying Glass: Women’s Work and Labour Force Participation in Urban Delhi

Peeling the Onion: Social Regulation of the Onion Market, Nangarhar, AfghanistanEconomic and Political Weekly

Afghanistan’s hope that market-driven agriculture will ensure its economic transformation demonstrates a wilful disregard of the links...

Home-Based Workers and Cities

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.   Abstract: This paper explores the impact of local government...

South Africa’s Waste Pickers Creating Jobs and Fighting Poverty

Employment vulnerability and earnings in urban West Africa

Earning their keep and keeping what they earn: A critique of organizing strategies for South Asian women in the informal sector

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The Informal Sector in Ghana Under Siege