Public and Workplace Services

Saúde & Segurança Ocupacional para Comerciantes e Vendedores Ambulantes em Acra e Takoradi, Gana

Social Security for Street Vendors

Changing Social Policy: The Child Support Grant in South Africa

Description from HSRC Press: An important historical record of one part of post-apartheid South Africa’s policymaking, Changing Social...

Promoting Workplace Health and Safety in Urban Public Space: Reflections from Durban, South Africa

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

Violence and Informal Work – Briefing Note

this briefing note highlights the causes and impact of violence  that  informal  workers  experience  in  trying  to  secure  their  livelihoods....

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...

A Framework for Analyzing Social Protection for Workers in the Informal Economy

Always on Call: Abuse and Exploitation of Child Domestic Workers in Indonesia

Employment status, security, and the management of risk: a study of workers in Kwamsane, KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU) Working Paper, No. 06/02