International Labour Conference 2026: What Does the New Convention on Decent Work in the Platform Economy Mean for Workers? Read More
May Day 2026: Worker Organizations Uphold Democracy Amidst Rising Conflict and Authoritarianism Read More
Building movements in the informal economy: Lessons for advancing labour rights in the circular economy Read More
Feminizing Waste: Waste-Picking as an Empowerment Opportunity for Women and Children in Impoverished CommunitiesColorado Journal of Environmental Law and Policy The crisis of excessive waste in developing countries, coupled with a high rate of poverty, has created an abundant labor force of wastepickers... Read More
Sustainable Urban Livelihoods and Marketplace Social Capital: Crisis and Strategy in Petty Trade Abstract: Read More
Commercialisation, Commodification and Gender Relations in Post-Harvest Systems for Rice in South Asia When the output of a product that forms the basis of subsistence and social reproduction – as rice is for Asia – expands, the marketed surplus... Read More
Social Capital or Analytical Liability: Social Networks and African Informal EconomiesGlobal Networks Abstract The rise of the ‘social capitalist’ paradigm has turned social networks into a concept that conceals more than it reveals. In this... Read More
Street Vendors in Asia: A Review This paper aims to review recent research on street vendors in Asia with the purpose of assessing the magnitude of street vending in different... Read More
Local Government Innovations for the Informal Economy: Creating a Positive Investment Climate Read More
‘Life Has Educated Me’: Building Interpersonal Networks through the Jadibanagar Slum Upgrading Project This study is a jointly produced outcome from the reflection and sharing of group participants in the Exposure Dialogue Programme (EDP).... Read More
