Theme: Livelihoods

Community Unionism in Africa: The Case of Mozambique

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The Manchester Road: Women and the Informalization of Work in South Africa’s Footwear Industry

Abstract: The article discusses the informalization of work in the footwear industry of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa and its impact on...

Unorganised Sector Workforce in India: Trends, Patterns and Social Security Coverage

Perceptions of Costs and Benefits of Informal-Formal Linkages: Market and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana (Working Paper)

This paper investigates ways in which linkages between the informal and formal segments of an economy yield benefits to, or impose costs...

Countdown 2015: an assessment of basic provision to migrant families in the urban slums of Ludhiana, North India

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

South Africa’s Waste Pickers Creating Jobs and Fighting Poverty

Education and earnings in urban West Africa

Social policy and collective action: Unemployed workers, community associations, and protest in Argentina

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An Economic Sociology of Informal Work: The Case of India

The Decent Work for Domestic Workers Convention and Recommendation, 2011

Review of the development and early stages of adoption of the ILO Convention on Domestic Workers.  Resource is subscription only.