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Journal Articles Occupational and Environmental Health Risks Associated with Informal Sector Activities—Selected Case Studies from West Africa Abstract: Most in the Economic Community of West African States region are employed in the informal sector. While the informal sector plays... Read More Journal Articles Participatory Training to Improve Safety and Health in Small Construction Sites in Some Countries in Asia: Development and Application of the WISCON Training Program Abstract: A participatory training program, Work Improvement in Small Construction Sites, was developed to provide practical support measures... Read More Journal Articles Pesticide Health and Safety Challenges Facing Informal Sector Workers: A Case of Small-scale Agricultural Workers in Tanzania Abstract: The Tanzania informal sector is growing fast, with precarious working conditions and particular hazards for women and children... Read More Journal Articles Pesticide Vendors in the Informal Sector: Trading Health for Income Abstract: South African low-income communities face many challenges (e.g., insufficient housing, poor service delivery, and abject poverty);... Read More Journal Articles Promoting Occupational Safety and Health for Cambodian Entertainment Sector Workers Abstract: Cambodia has developed booming textile, garment, tourism, and entertainment service industries since the mid-1990s. The 2007 global... Read More Journal Articles Public Space, Public Waste, and the Right to the City Abstract: I draw on my experiences as an organizer with a waste-pickers collective, Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat in Pune, India,... Read More Journal Articles The Changed World of Work Abstract: The majority of workers in the global south, and increasing numbers in the north, work in the informal economy. Most are de facto... Read More Journal Articles The Informal Economy: Recent Trends, Future Directions Abstract: Informal employment represents more than half of nonagricultural employment in most developing regions, contributes to the overall... Read More Journal Articles Towards an Inclusive Occupational Health and Safety For Informal Workers Abstract: Large numbers of workers worldwide work informally. Yet the discipline and practice of occupational health and safety covers largely... Read More Books & Book Chapters Informal Markets, Livelihood and Politics: Street vendors in urban India Low industrial growth, declining agricultural sector and limited expansion of formal sector employment in India have increasingly forced... Read More First Prev ... 31 ... 40 41 42 ... 51 ... Next Last
Occupational and Environmental Health Risks Associated with Informal Sector Activities—Selected Case Studies from West Africa Abstract: Most in the Economic Community of West African States region are employed in the informal sector. While the informal sector plays... Read More
Participatory Training to Improve Safety and Health in Small Construction Sites in Some Countries in Asia: Development and Application of the WISCON Training Program Abstract: A participatory training program, Work Improvement in Small Construction Sites, was developed to provide practical support measures... Read More
Pesticide Health and Safety Challenges Facing Informal Sector Workers: A Case of Small-scale Agricultural Workers in Tanzania Abstract: The Tanzania informal sector is growing fast, with precarious working conditions and particular hazards for women and children... Read More
Pesticide Vendors in the Informal Sector: Trading Health for Income Abstract: South African low-income communities face many challenges (e.g., insufficient housing, poor service delivery, and abject poverty);... Read More
Promoting Occupational Safety and Health for Cambodian Entertainment Sector Workers Abstract: Cambodia has developed booming textile, garment, tourism, and entertainment service industries since the mid-1990s. The 2007 global... Read More
Public Space, Public Waste, and the Right to the City Abstract: I draw on my experiences as an organizer with a waste-pickers collective, Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat in Pune, India,... Read More
The Changed World of Work Abstract: The majority of workers in the global south, and increasing numbers in the north, work in the informal economy. Most are de facto... Read More
The Informal Economy: Recent Trends, Future Directions Abstract: Informal employment represents more than half of nonagricultural employment in most developing regions, contributes to the overall... Read More
Towards an Inclusive Occupational Health and Safety For Informal Workers Abstract: Large numbers of workers worldwide work informally. Yet the discipline and practice of occupational health and safety covers largely... Read More
Informal Markets, Livelihood and Politics: Street vendors in urban India Low industrial growth, declining agricultural sector and limited expansion of formal sector employment in India have increasingly forced... Read More
