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Localizing Global Rules: Public Participation in Lawmaking in Vietnam As the pace of legal harmonization in developing East Asian states increases to comply with international trading treaties, a disjunction... Read More
Turkey Seen Through the Prism of Occupational Diseases It is hard to diagnose and recognise an occupational disease (OD) because the diagnosis must prove the occupational factors which caused... Read More
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Corporate Capitalism in the Name of Social Security The many schemes that have been announced in the name of social security are limited in scope and the quantum of security they prefer. The... Read More
Bwala Five FiveWorld Environment Magazine This photodocumentary about “Ghana: Picking Waste for a Living” begins on page 56. 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
Recycling Livelihoods: A Global Network Supports Waste-Pickers in Latin America Standing for long hours in line to receive your first paycheck may sound pretty stressful. However, for recyclers in Bogotá, their first... Read More
The unexpected power of informal workers in the public square: A comparison of Mexican and U.S. organizing models Abstract: Street vendors in Mexico and day laborers in the United States, both groups of informal workers who labor in public space, face... Read More
Extending Health and Safety to Informal Workers: A Photo Essay Introduction: There is great diversity in the informal economy—of occupation, place of work, status in employment, extent of regulation,... Read More
