International Labour Conference 2026: What Does the New Convention on Decent Work in the Platform Economy Mean for Workers? Read More
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
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
Disempowerment from Below: Informal Enterprise Networks and the Limits of Political Voice in NigeriaOxford Development Studies Abstract: Decentralized governance has enjoyed limited success in promoting popular livelihoods and political voice among informal actors.... Read More
One Step Forward or More Window Dressing? A Legal Analysis of Recent CSR Initiatives in the Garment Industry in BangladeshInternational Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations Abstract: The Bangladesh ready-made garment industry has recently been the scene of a number of major accidents, with the collapse of the... Read More
Informality, Returns to Education and Labour Market Integration in China-The Indian Journal of Labour Economics This study analyses data from household surveys in six large Chinese cities in 2010 to describe the nature of informal employment and estimate... Read More
Addressing Informality, Reducing PovertyPoverty in Focus There is increasing recognition that decent and productive employment is an essential pathway to poverty reduction. Most of the working poor... Read More
Socio-economic status of workers of building construction industry Industrialization with the introduction of newly developed technologies plays an important role for development of a country. Building construction... Read More
Day labor, informality and vulnerability in South Africa and the United StatesInternational Journal of Manpower Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to compare conditions in informal day-labor markets in South Africa and the USA to better understand... Read More
Earnings Determinants for Self-Employed Women and Men in the Informal Economy: The Case of Bogotá, ColombiaInternational Social Science Review Read More
