Poverty / Inequality

Women and the Informal Economy: A Think Piece

Summary from Office of Development Effectiveness: “Women dominate the informal economy. Within informal employment, their wages are...

Socio-economic status of workers of building construction industry

Industrialization with the introduction of newly developed technologies plays an important role for development of a country. Building construction...

Stealing from the Poor: Wage Theft in the Haitian Apparel Industry

From the Executive Summary of the report: Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Its expanding garment industry pays wages...

El empoderamiento de las mujeres: Encuentro del primer y tercer mundos en los estudios de géneroRevista de estudios de género: La ventana

Resumen: Dos conceptos han marcado la producción de la teoría feminista: género y empoderamiento.

The Constitutional Parameters of New York State’s Domestic Workers Bill of Rights

Legal Empowerment of the Poor: The Re-emergence of a Lost Strand of Human Rights?

Abstract: This paper considers the contribution of the UNDP’s Legal Empowerment of the Poor (LEP) framework to the rights and poverty...

Time for a New Deal: Social Dialogue and the Informal Economy in Zambia

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The Micro Political Economy of Gains by Unorganised Workers in India

This review of literature looks at the micro-political mechanisms through which unorganised labour makes gains in wages and conditions of...

Temporary Help Workers in the U.S. Labor Market

Summary: The number of jobs in the temporary help services industry reached an all-time high of 2.9 million in May 2015, accounting for 2.4...

Not to be Taken for Granted: What Informal Waste Pickers Offer the Urban Economy

WIEGO Waste Sector Specialist Sonia Dias argues for a holistic approach to solid waste management that recognises the economic and environmental...