May Day 2026: Worker Organizations Uphold Democracy Amidst Rising Conflict and Authoritarianism Read More
Accumulation by dispossession and the informal economy – Struggles over knowledge, being and waste at a Soweto garbage dumpEnvironment and Planning D: Society and Space Melanie Samson, former coordinator of WIEGO’s work with waste pickers in Africa, recently published an article entitled “Accumulation... Read More
Bringing Back Social ForestryEconomic and Political Weekly India’s social forestry programme promised much in the late-1970s and mid-1980s. It became the programme to be emulated for many developing... Read More
Economic Survey 2014-15Economic and Political Weekly The Economic Survey is an important economic document published every year by the Ministry of Finance. This article undertakes a critical... Read More
Growth and Inequality in the Distribution of India’s Consumption Expenditure: 1983 to 2009-10Economic and Political Weekly This paper undertakes an assessment of the evolution of inequality in the distribution of consumption expenditure in India over the last... Read More
India’s Handloom Challenge The Indian weaver is dismissed in high places as an embarrassing anachronism, despite demand for his or her skills and products. In the new... Read More
IPRs for FarmersEconomic and Political Weekly A number of state agencies and non-governmental organisations have come forward to facilitate farmers/breeders to register their crop varieties... Read More
Measuring Indian Growth The article offers some explanations for the large changes in growth rates in the rebased gross domestic product series, but argues that... Read More
Addressing the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Needs of Informal Workers: Market Traders and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana This case study illustrates the efforts of two membership-based organizations of market traders and street vendors in the Greater Accra Metropolitan... Read More
Better OHS for Market Traders and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana This is a summary of a case study by Tony Dzidzinyo Dogbe and Suki Annan. Read More
Informal employment and health status in Central AmericaBMC Public Health Background: Informal employment is assumed to be an important but seldom studied social determinant of health, affecting a large number of... Read More
