May Day 2026: Worker Organizations Uphold Democracy Amidst Rising Conflict and Authoritarianism Read More
Growth in GVA of Indian ManufacturingEconomic and Political Weekly Two comments on “Growth in Gross Value Added of Indian Manufacturing: 2011-12 Series vs 2004-05 Series” (EPW, 23 May 2015) question... Read More
People want to work, yet most have to labour: Towards decent work in South African supply chainsLaw, Democracy and Development The rights of labour have been described as “claims of reciprocity for the reality of being labour”. For over 12 million unemployed South... Read More
“We Are Good at Surviving”: Street Hustling in Addis Ababa’s Inner CityUrban Forum Abstract: Recent studies of the informal economy have tried to understand how the politics of informal actors and their attempts at organizing... Read More
Globalization, The Financial Crisis and Petty Production in India’s Socially Regulated Informal Economy Abstract: This essay explores theoretical and practical problems arising from the impact of liberalization/globalization and its latest crisis... Read More
Eking out a living: the livelihood implications of urban space regulation on street hawking in Accra, Ghana Abstract: Street hawking as a source of livelihood across the developing world has often raised a lot of concerns regarding hygiene, slum,... Read More
Promoting Workplace Health and Safety in Urban Public Space: Reflections from Durban, South Africa This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO. Read More
In the Shadow of the States: The Informalities of Chinese Petty Entrepreneurship in NigeriaJournal of Current Chinese Affairs The burgeoning interstate relation between China and Nigeria is in fact hiding the vulnerable condition of transnational Chinese petty entrepreneurship. ... Read More
An analytical framework and tool (‘InteRa’) for integrating the informal recycling sector in waste and resource management systems in developing countries Abstract: In low- and middle-income developing countries, the informal (collection and) recycling sector (here abbreviated IRS) is an important,... Read More
Feminizing Waste: Waste-Picking as an Empowerment Opportunity for Women and Children in Impoverished CommunitiesColorado Journal of Environmental Law and Policy The crisis of excessive waste in developing countries, coupled with a high rate of poverty, has created an abundant labor force of wastepickers... Read More
From protection to repression: the politics of street vending Abstract: The political evolution of Kampala under the National Resistance Movement (NRM) has profoundly affected the fortunes of the city’s... Read More
