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Informal Institutions and Personal Rule in Urban GhanaAfrican Studies Review Abstract: Contrary to expectations of modern democratic development, the establishment of liberal-democratic institutions in Ghana has not... Read More
Work and Wellbeing in Informal Economies: The Regulative Roles of Institutions of Identity and the StateWorld Development Summary: The larger part of the economy in most developing countries is outside the regulative control of the state. When defined in this... Read More
Land, Life, and Security: An Interview with Edgardo Garcia, Secretary General of the Association of Farm Workers in Nicaragua Abstract: This is an interview with Edgardo Garcia, Secretary General of the Association of Farm Workers in Nicaragua and Oscar Berríos from... Read More
‘An area that governs itself ’: Informality, uncertainty and the management of street vending in New York CityPlanning Theory Laws governing street vending in New York City are confusing, convoluted, at times contradictory and difficult to enforce with any sort of... Read More
A new generation of Bangkok Street vendors: Economic crisis as opportunity and threatCities In 1997, the financial crisis seriously damaged the Thai economy and led to the closing of many companies. Previously, it had been believed... Read More
Drivers of urban sprawl in urbanizing China – a political ecology analysisEnvironment and Urbanization This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO. Read More
Defying NGO-ization?: Lessons in Livelihood Resilience Observed Among Involuntarily Displaced Women in Mumbai, IndiaWorld Development Summary: This article focuses on how a group of women involuntarily displaced from Mumbai’s slums managed the resulting sizeable disruptions... Read More
Gender and informal livelihoods: Coping strategies and perceptions of waste pickers in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America This article (read the abstract here) was published in a special issue of the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. The special... Read More
Displacement and the New Spaces for Informal Trade in the Latin American City Centre Using evidence from Cusco, Peru, the paper examines the effects of the planned displacement of informal traders from city-centre streets.... Read More
