Theme: Livelihoods

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.

New Solutions Journal Special Issue: Health and Safety for Informal Workers

Slim pickin’s: Supporting waste pickers in the ecological modernization of urban waste management systems

Abstract: Informal sector scavengers or waste pickers have been unrecognized stakeholders on the fringes of the urban waste landscape since...

A Beijing Recycler’s Life

This video follows recyclers in Beijing and shares the work they have been doing for 20 years. The video is in Chinese with English subtitles....

For street vendors, finding water and toilets isn’t just a nuisance, it’s cutting into earnings

Inadequate infrastructure – particularly related to clean water and toilets – and the cost of accessing these takes a heavy toll...

Public Dialogue on Forging a Path towards Recognition and Inclusion of Informal Workers in South Africa

“We’re here to discuss one of the most profound challenges of our time—how to create jobs, how to increase incomes, and how to...