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Community-level adaptation to minimize vulnerability and exploit opportunities in Kampala’s wetlandsEnvironment and Urbanization This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO. Read More
Beyond Standard Setting: A Study of ILO Technical Cooperation on Regional Labor Law Reform in West and Central AfricaComparative Labor Law and Policy Journal Read More
The dynamics of local innovations among formal and informal enterprises: Stories from rural South Africa Abstract: Exploiting the developmental potential of innovation for marginalised communities requires a context-specific understanding of... Read More
Resisting the Entrepreneurial City: Street Vendors’ Struggle in Mexico City’s Historic Center Recent work on entrepreneurial urban governance has focused on the new forms of exclusion produced by neoliberal entrepreneurial urban strategies,... Read More
