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Working Papers
The European Union’s Commodification of Bulgarian Homeworkers: Regulating Informal Labour in Global Production Networks
This paper interrogates the potential of contemporary international law instruments to realize decent work for homeworkers. It grounds the...
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Resource Documents
Street Vendors and Legal Advocacy: Reflections from Ghana, India, Peru, South Africa and Thailand
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Resource Documents
Informal Economy Budget Analysis for Lilongwe City in Malawi – Resource Document 13
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Briefs
Budgeting and the Informal Economy in Lilongwe, Malawi
In 2013, 89 per cent of Malawi’s 5.5 million employed people were informally employed. Informal economy budget analysis (IEBA) explores the...
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Law & Informality Insights
Turning the Law into a Shield for Street Vendors in African Countries
This Legal Brief compares the Civil Law and Common Law systems to explore the recourses and remedies street vendors may have to to defend...
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Books & Book Chapters
Nurturing a culture of compliance with domestic workers’ rights in South Africa
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Books & Book Chapters
Social regionalism in the Southern Africa Development Community: The international, regional and national interplay of labour alternative dispute resolution mechanisms
Abstract: The Southern African Development Community region (SADC) has seen a trend toward applying Alternative Dispute Settlement (ADR)...
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Books & Book Chapters
Poverty, Legal Empowerment and Informal Business in South Africa
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Books & Book Chapters
Procurement Policy Subversion in Contracts Between South African Retailers and Suppliers
Abstract: This chapter focuses on tensions and regulatory gaps impacting public procurement reform in the private sector (supply chain) doing...
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Technical Briefs
Using Administrative Law to Secure Informal Livelihoods: Lessons from South Africa
Although informal workers make up the broad base of the work force in many countries, legal frameworks often fail to protect and support...
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