Livelihoods

The Challenge of Employment in India: An Informal Economy Perspective

Editorial: Urban livelihoods: reframing theory and policy

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO. This paper, which also serves as an introduction to this...

Decent Work for Domestic Workers

ILO: Geneva

A New Path to Development? The Significance and Impact of Hernando De Soto’s Ideas on Underdevelopment, Production, and Reproduction

Globalization and Securing Rights for Women Informal Workers in Asia

The contested spatialities of transnational activism: gendered gatekeeping and gender struggles in an African association of informal workers

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The Macrosociology of Paid Domestic Labor

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

On the Charts, Off the Tracks: Disconnected Development in Ambur Town, Tamil Nadu Economic and Political Weekly

This paper on Ambur town of Tamil Nadu, an important hub for leather goods production, catering primarily to an international market, explores...

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

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