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
Social Dialogue for Social Protection: A Perspective from the Informal Economy in Southeast Asia Read More
Stockbrokers turned sandwich vendors: the economic crisis and small-scale food retailing in Southeast Asia This paper examines narratives of the transformations in the small-scale food-retailing sector in urban Southeast Asia. The recent Asian... Read More
A cross-sectional survey to assess household sanitation practices associated with uptake of “Clean Team” serviced home toilets in Kumasi, Ghana This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO. 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
The urban land debate in the global South: New avenues for researchGeoforum Abstract: The global ‘land grab’ debate is going urban and needs a specific conceptual framework to analyze the diverse modalities through... Read More
Earnings Structures, Informal Employment, and Self-Employment: New Evidence from Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa Read More
Informal Economies and Urban Governance in Nigeria: Popular Empowerment or Political Exclusion?African Studies Review Abstract: Read More
