May Day 2026: Worker Organizations Uphold Democracy Amidst Rising Conflict and Authoritarianism Read More
Health Risks and Informal Employment in South Africa: Does Formality Protect Health?International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health The association between work and health has not been well explored in the context of economically developing countries, largely due to inadequate... Read More
Modernist Planning and the Foundations of Urban Violence in Latin AmericaBuilt Environment This article suggests that both the origins and responses to urban violence in Latin America have involved some sort of state ordering of... Read More
Tamil Nadu’s Electronics IndustryEconomic and Political Weekly India’s information technology hardware segment is heavily dependent on imports of components and finished goods. After surveying Tamil... Read More
Medidas cautelares para trabajadores informalesLa Revista Académica de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad La Salle La Revista Académica de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad La Salle, es un texto con rigor científico que tiene por objeto abordar... Read More
Accumulation by dispossession and the informal economy – Struggles over knowledge, being and waste at a Soweto garbage dumpEnvironment and Planning D: Society and Space Melanie Samson, former coordinator of WIEGO’s work with waste pickers in Africa, recently published an article entitled “Accumulation... Read More
Multiple Shocks and Slum Household Economies in South IndiaEconomy and Society This research uses a fresh perspective to trace the impact of multiple economic, financial and environmental shocks on slum-dwellers in the... Read More
Livelihood Strategies in African Cities: The Case of Residents in Bamenda Abstract: This paper, in the African Review of Economics and Finance, analyses the livelihood strategies of residents in the city of Bamenda,... Read More
Editorial: Urban livelihoods: reframing theory and policy This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO. This paper, which also serves as an introduction to this... Read More
Africa’s World Trade: Informal Economies and Globalization from Below. Are Africa’s world markets really contributing to development across the continent for individuals, nations and regions? This is the... Read More
Informality Across the Global Economy – Subsistence, Avoidance and Violation The table of contents with descriptions is available on the ILO website and all journal articles are available on the journal’s website. ... Read More
