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The Informal Economy: Recent Trends, Future Directions Abstract: Informal employment represents more than half of nonagricultural employment in most developing regions, contributes to the overall... Read More
Occupational and Environmental Health Risks Associated with Informal Sector Activities—Selected Case Studies from West Africa Abstract: Most in the Economic Community of West African States region are employed in the informal sector. While the informal sector plays... Read More
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Dislocating modernity: Identity, space and representations of street trade in Durban, South Africa South Africa’s cities have experienced dramatic changes over the past decade. Cities are now home to a multiracial population, and have been... Read More
Countdown 2015: an assessment of basic provision to migrant families in the urban slums of Ludhiana, North India This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO. Read More
Mapping India’s World of Unorganized LabourSocialist Register Abstract: The massive unorganized sector, which contributes some 60% of GDP beyond the regulative and protective reach of the state, is one... 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
