Livelihoods

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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Organizing Labour in the Informal Economy: Institutional Forms & Relationships

Abstract in French and English. Article in English.

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...

Public Space, Public Waste, and the Right to the City

Abstract: I draw on my experiences as an organizer with a waste-pickers collective, Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat in Pune, India,...

Urban livelihoods: reviewing the evidence in support of the New Urban Agenda

SUMMARY: The New Urban Agenda (NUA) recognizes the role played by the urban informal economy and makes bold commitments to inclusive urban...

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