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Women workers and precarious employment in Shenzen Special Economic Zone, China

Saúde & Segurança Ocupacional para os Fornecedores Nativos em Acra, Gana

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The Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme: Barriers to Access for Informal Workers

Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is an innovative attempt to extend social protection to informal workers, and, as such, it...

Pensions and development: Social security as complementary to programmes of reconstruction and development

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...

Violence and Informal Work – Briefing Note in RUSSIAN

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The Pitfalls of Home: Protecting the Health and Safety of Paid Domestics

Street Vendors in the Urban EconomyIndia International Centre Quarterly

In most Indian cities the urban poor survive by working in the informal economy. Poverty and lack of gainful employment in the rural areas...

Livelihoods (Un)Employment and Social Safety Nets: Reflections from Recent Studies in KwaZulu-Natal

Bad Dreams: Exploitation and Abuse of Migrant Workers in Saudi Arabia