For many Americans, cities have become a beacon of hope. They are widely recognized as engines of the U.S. economy and laboratories of…
Based on survey research and ethnographic interviews, we analyze struggles over housing and access to infrastructure in two low-income "…
Home-based workers produce goods or services for the market from within or around their own homes: stitching garments and weaving textiles…
The requirements for vocational education and training measures for trainees, employees and employers in the informal economy are complex.…
This paper explores trends in urban employment in India, with a focus on informal employment, and highlights the growing significance of…
This article examines the conceptual, measurement, and regulatory challenges of promoting decent work for domestic workers. After a brief…
Book abstract: In the interests of contextualising (and nuancing) the multiple interrelations between gender and poverty, Sylvia Chant has…
Iceland (1) has claimed the top spot of the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2009 from Norway (3) which slipped to third…