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Voice Regulation in the Informal Economy and New Forms of Work
Abstract:This paper draws comparisons between the situation of Black workers in Apartheid South Africa and workers in the contemporary South...
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Adverse incorporation and agrarian policy in South Africa: Or, how not to connect the rural poor to growth
(Paper presented at the Escaping Poverty Traps: Connecting the Chronically Poor to Economic Growth Conference, Washington, D.C., 26-27 February,...
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Statistics on Informal Employment in South Africa
This brief summarizes statistics on employment – and, in particular, on urban informal employment – in South Africa.
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Methodological innovations in research on the dynamics of poverty: a longitudinal study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Durban, South Africa
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Informal business and poverty in South Africa: Rethinking the paradigmLaw, Democracy and Development
Analysing policy discourse concerning the informal economy in South Africa, the article explicates in detail the paucity of (even ostensibly...
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‘The State in a Changing World’; plus ça change?: Reflections from the south on the World Bank’s 1997 World Development ReportJournal of International Development
Abstract: Drawing on South African experiences, this paper provides a critical evaluation of the World Bank’s 1997 World Development...
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Dislocating modernity: Identity, space and representations of street trade in Durban, South Africa
South Africa’s cities have experienced dramatic changes over the past decade. Cities are now home to a multiracial population, and have been...
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Refusing to be Cast Aside: Waste Pickers Organising Around the World
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Trading on a grant: Integrating formal and informal social protection in post-apartheid migrant networks
Brooks World Poverty Institute Working Paper, No. 75
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