Arab States

Industrialization and New Forms of Employment in Tunisia

Informal economy and labour market policies and institutions in selected Mediterranean countries: Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Algeria and Morocco

Building Women Homebased Workers’ Organizations in Turkey

Abstract:This article introduces Turkey HomeNet, an organisation of homebased female workers in Turkey. Turkey HomeNet is a national umbrella...

Visible Hands – Invisible Women: Garment Production in TurkeyFeminist Economics

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African Women in Food Processing: A Major, But Still Underestimated Sector of Their Contribution to the National Economy

Paper prepared for the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

Informality, Employment and Economic Development in the Arab World

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Turkey Seen Through the Prism of Occupational Diseases

It is hard to diagnose and recognise an occupational disease (OD) because the diagnosis must prove the occupational factors which caused...

Rendering Istanbul’s Periodic Bazaars Invisible: Reflections on Urban Transformation and Contested SpaceInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research

This is a study of Istanbul’s periodic bazaars and an attempt to place them in the context of contestation over urban space, urban...

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أطلقت شبكة المنظمات العربية غير الحكومية للتنمية الإصدار الثالث لراصد الحقوق الاقتصادية والاجتماعيّة في البلدان العربيّة الذي ركّز هذه المرّة...

Informal Employment: Rethinking Workforce Development