Publications Global Economic Crisis | Informal Economy | Statistics and Data | Organizing and Social Protection | Inclusive Urban Planning Breman, Jan (juni, 2009). Een permanente staat van crisis. Amsterdam. (pdf file 96 Kb) Asian Development Bank 2009. "The Global Economic Crisis Challenges for Developing Asia and ADB’s Response", April 2009. (pdf file 2.3 Mb) "OECD Employment Outlook 2008". (pdf file 5.2 Mb) Ravallio,Martin. 2008. "Bailing out the World’s Poorest". Development Research Group, World Bank, Oct 2008. (pdf file 132 Kb) Chen, Martha. 2003 "Rethinking the Informal Economy". Seminar, Vol. 531, November 2003. (pdf file 128Kb) Chen, Martha Alter, Joann Vanek, Francie Lund, James Heintz with Christine Bonner and Renana Jhabvala. 2005. "The Progress of the World's Women 2005: Women, Work and Poverty." New York: UNIFEM. (pdf file 1.49Mb) Chen, Martha, Joann Vanek and James Heintz. 2006. "Informality, Gender and Poverty: A Global Picture." Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 41, No. 21, May 27, 2006. (pdf file 64Kb pdf) Chen, Martha Alter and Marilyn Carr. 2004. "Globalization, Social Exclusion and Work: With Special Reference to Informal Employment and Gender." International Labour Review: Special Issue on More Equitable Globalization, Vol. 143, Nos. 1-2, Geneva: ILO. (pdf file 384 Kb) Chen, Martha. 2006. "Self Employed Women : A Profile of SEWA's Membership." Ahmedabad: Self-Employed Women's Association. (pdf file 3.4 Mb) Horn, Pat. 2004. "Rethinking the Informal Economy: Linkages with the Formal Economy and the Formal Regulatory Environment." Paper presented at the EGDI and UNU-WIDER Conference, Unlocking Human Potential: Linking the Informal and Formal Sectors, 17-18 September 2004, Helsinki , Finland. (pdf file 96 Kb) Valodia, Imraan, Richard Devey and Caroline Skinner. 2005. "The State of the Informal Economy." In Sakhela Buhlungu, John Daniel, Roger Southall, and Jessica Lutchman, Eds. State of the Nation: South Africa 2005-2006. Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council Press. (pdf file 352Kb) Devey, Richard, Caroline Skinner and Imraan Valodia. 2003. "Informal Economy Employment Data In South Africa: A Critical Analysis." Paper presented at the Trade and Industry Policy Secretariat (TIPS) and Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) Forum 2003, 8 - 10 September 2003, Indaba Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa. (pdf file 288 Kb) Heintz, James and Joann Vanek. 2007. "Employment, the Informal Sector, and Poverty: Data and Analytical Challenges". For the China-India Labour Market Research Design Conference Cambridge, MA (pdf file 160 Kb) ILO. 2002. "On Measuring Place of Work." Geneva: ILO (pdf file 384 Kb)
Devenish, Annie, and Caroline Skinner. 2004. "Organising Workers in the Informal Economy: The Experience of the Self Employed Women’s Union, 1994-2004." (pdf file 160 Kb) Gallin, Dan 2001. "Propositions on Trade Unions and Informal Employment in Times of Globalization." Antipode. (pdf file 128 Kb) Lund, Francie and Jillian Nicholson. 2006. "Tools for Advocacy: Social Protection for Informal Workers." Cambridge: WIEGO and Homenet Thailand. (pdf file 352 Kb) Stanwix, Benjamin (2009). Status of Urban Slums in Gujarat and Rajasthan. Mahila Housing SEWA Trust, October 2009. (pdf file 819 Kb) Lund, Francie. 2003. "People Working Informally: Negotiating the Use of Public Spaces in Durban City." Paper for panel entitled "Urban Responses to Street Traders: A Comparative Perspective from India, Kenya, and South Africa" at the Urban Research Symposium on Urban Development for Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction, World Bank, Washington, D.C., December 2003. (pdf file 64 Kb) United Nations Human Settlements Programme. 2007. A look at the Urban Informal Economy. "UN Habitat Debate June 2007". Vol 13. No.2. (pdf file 1.6 Mb) Carr, Marilyn and Martha Chen. 2000. “Homebased Women Workers in the Informal Sector in South Asia: Creating an Enabling Environment.” Background Paper for Regional Policy Workshop on Home-Based Work, September 2000. (pdf file 32 Kb) Chen, Martha Alter, Jennefer Sebstad and Lesley O'Connell 1999. "Counting the Invisible Workforce: The Case of Homebased Workers." World Development¸ Vol. 27, No. 3. (pdf file 96 Kb) Unni, Jeemol and Uma Rani 2004."Home-based Work in India : A Disappearing Continuum of Dependence?" Paper presented at the EGDI and UNU-WIDER Conference, Unlocking Human Potential: Linking the Informal and Formal Sectors, 17-18 September 2004, Helsinki , Finland. (pdf file 224 Kb) Achankeng, Eric 2003. "Globalization, Urbanization and Municipal Solid Waste Management in Africa." African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific 2003 Conference Proceedings, African on a Global Stage, October 1-3, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. (pdf file 1.9 Mb) Chamane, Musa. (2009) “South Africa’s Waste Pickers Creating Jobs and Fighting Poverty.” South African Labour Bulletin. Vol. 33, No. 2, June/July 2009 (Word doc. 546 Kb) Chikarmane, Poornima and Laxmi Narayan. 2009. Rising from the Waste– Organising Wastepickers in India, Thailand and the Philippines. Committee for Asian Women (pdf file 508 Kb) Chikarmane, Poornima and Laxmi Narayan. 2005. "Case study on Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (Trade Union of Waste-pickers)." (pdf file 384 Kb) Dias, Sonia M. (2006) WASTE & CITIZENSHIP FORUMS – ACHIEVEMENTS AND LIMITATIONS. Solid waste, health and the Millennium Development Goals CWG – WASH Workshop 2006, 1 – 5 February in Kolkata, India. (pdf file 1.39 Mb) Medina, Martin 2005."Waste Picker Cooperatives in Developing Countries." Paper prepared for WIEGO/Cornell/SEWA Conference on Membership-Based Organizations of the Poor, Ahmedabad, India, January 2005. (Word doc. 192 Kb) Medina, Martin (2000)."Scavenger Cooperatives in Asia and Latin America." (pdf file 128 Kb) India's poorest workers get organized (SEWA) ILO website. SEWA has not only helped thousands find a way out of the poverty trap, it has given them access to financial services, and a way of making themselves heard by Government. Bhowmik, Sharit K. 2005. “Street Vendors in Asia : A Review.” Economic and Political Weekly, 28 May- 4 June. (pdf file 64 Kb) Bhowmik, Sharit K. 2003."Urban Responses to Street Trading: India." Paper for panel entitled "Urban Responses to Street Traders: A Comparative Perspective from India, Kenya, and South Africa" at the Urban Research Symposium on Urban Development for Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction, World Bank, Washington, D.C., December 2003. (pdf file 64 Kb) Mitullah, Winnie. 2004. “A Review of Street Trade in Africa”. Unpublished manuscript. Cambridge, MA : WIEGO. (pdf file 160 Kb) Mitullah, Winnie. 2003. "Street Vending in African Cities: A Synthesis of Empirical Findings from Kenya , Cote D'Ivoire , Ghana , Zimbabwe , Uganda and South Africa". Background Case Study for World Development Report 2005: A Better Investment Climate for Everyone. (pdf file 224 Kb) Roever, Sally. 2006."Street Trade in Latin America: Demographic Trends, Legal Issues, and Vending Organizations in Six Cities." (pdf file 352 Kb) Skinner, Caroline. 2008. “Street Trade in Africa.” School of Development Studies (University of KwaZulu-Natal), Working Paper No. 51. (pdf file 256 Kb) |
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