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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Informal workers"”.
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A global regulatory new deal for precarious and informal workers
… the conditions of the growing "precariat" or informal workforce. The growing incidence of precarious work is linked with increased inequality and heightened vulnerability. The thesis is concerned with the realm of regulation - hard laws, soft initiatives and other institutions that shape …
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A global regulatory new deal for precarious and informal workers
… the conditions of the growing "precariat" or informal workforce. The growing incidence of precarious work is linked with increased inequality and heightened vulnerability. The thesis is concerned with the realm of regulation - hard laws, soft initiatives and other institutions that shape …
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Spatial aspects of infant mortality and informal workers: The case of Ceara State -Brazil
… of infant mortality and high participation of informal workers in the labor market are living conditions faced by many developing countries. In Ceara State - Brazil, their trends during the last three decades have followed opposite directions. Whereas infant mortality has decreased …
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"It's people you know": the role social networks play in micro-informal markets
Informal markets are prevalent all over the globe. The work done in such markets is often for the purposes of supplementary or subsistence income and it is done by men, women, and children. The purpose of my research was to understand how micro-informal markets are created by informal workers in …
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Quantitative Insights into Pension Reform in Emerging Economies: The Case of Vietnam.
Emerging countries are characterized by high informality, while their social security systems remain rudimentary and often exclusively target formal employment. Vietnam, where informal employment constitutes approximately 80% of the total labor force (ILO2021) and is currently one of the most …
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Torn wheels and rough pavements: an ethnography of navigation towards informal and indigenous urban futures amidst crisis in Warwick Junction, Durban
… explores the context(s) in which ‘mobile informality' is practiced by traders and associated workers in Durban's Warwick Junction, theorising the conceptual affordances that arise from it. Using an ethnographic approach, the study explores the navigatory responses of barrow operators and …
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Microsimulation analysis of informal labour markets in developing countries
… problems in developing countries: labour informality. The overall objective of the thesis is to illustrate the capacity of microsimulation techniques to analyse a broad range of topics related to this problem. To highlight the potential of the methodology we pose a motivating question: …
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Social insurance provision for women in the urban informal sector : interpreting the successful strategy of Working Women's Forum, India
Since the late-1980s, the world's workers have experienced two strikingly coordinated global trends. The first is an unpredicted decline in secure, formally employed labor, and subsequent growth in informal labor. The second is an unprecedented decline in state welfare rhetoric and policy. These …
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Unconventional wisdom from below : understanding social and technical determinants of ergonomic risk in the Indian informal textile and clothing sector
… South, including India, a significant number of informal workers, particularly women in the informal economy, engage in sewing, embroidery, and other forms of manufacturing work within informal segments of the textile and clothing sector. Despite substantial progress in labor rights and workplace …
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The impact of COVID-19 on the livelihood of informal sector workers: A case study of street vendors in Eenhana Town, Ohangwena region, Namibia
… impacting individuals employed in the informal sector. Among the most susceptible groups are street vendors, who face increased vulnerability due to their limited skills and resources for coping with such crises. This research aimed to investigate the effects of COVID-19 on the informal …
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Towards an integrated recycling system : analyzing two scenarios of informal recycling sector performance in Mumbai, India
… in the Global South is often performed through informal means, causing differences in service provision. Many cities around the world are experimenting with ways to address these dynamics by developing formal systems known as Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs). Scholars and practitioners are …
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Avanços e atrasos na configuração socioeconômica do Estado da Paraíba a partir do processo de reestruturação produtiva (1990 à 2013)
… generating a large mass of unemployed and informal workers. In the Paraíba the importance of the economic sectors has been altered. The agricultural sector has been reducing its share of GDP, over the years, while the industry and service sectors are growing. The restructuring process had …
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Cape Town clothing workers' attitudes towards key aspects of and alternatives to regulation by the Bargaining Council
… This study explores attitudes held by formal and informal clothing workers toward the regulatory environment and possible alternatives to current regulation by the bargaining council. The research aimed to explore worker understanding of the regulatory environment, in particular the wages versus …
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Essays on the Political Behavior of Economic Informality and Public Goods
… examines the relationship between economic informality, political behavior, and public goods provision. In three papers, it explores how seemingly nonpolitical everyday social institutions and collective action rooted in economic informality help extend the reach of the state and advance …
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Socioeconomic Implication of the Circular Economy: A Preliminary Study of The Impact on Employment and Local Economy in the United States
… to the circular economy. In the waste sector, workers work longer hours under high risk environments. In the reuse sector, the work is often manual and involves some informal workers who are less protected by labor law. In addition, the study shows that COVID-19 has changed the workforce …
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The vulnerability of coastal communities to water pollution in Jakarta bay: integrating livelihood and biophysical approaches
… types (traditional fishers, mussel farmers and informal workers) took part in interviews. Information from the participatory activities of these households (n = 294) produced new data about their livelihood characteristics (in the context of livelihood capital) and their knowledge of water …
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Red October: Left-Indigenous Struggles in Bolivia, 2000-2005
… Gas Wars of 2003 and 2005 was led by indigenous informal workers, acting in concert with formal workers, peasants, and to a smaller degree, middle-class actors. The indigenous informal working classes of the city of El Alto, in particular, utilized an elaborate infrastructure of class struggle in …
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Transforming waste management systems through location tracking and data sharing
… in Brazil and Kenya, where many cities rely on informal workers to collect and recycle trash. By carrying smartphones tracking their location, waste pickers can map their own movements, waste generation, and material flow across the city. This allows them to organize more efficient routes, …
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Cultural-historical investigations into the dialectics of skills development implementation and occupational identity in the informal construction Small and Micro Enterprise workplace
… and agency on the part of young construction workers and work-seekers within the informal workplace environment of the South African post-apartheid construction industry. The study provides an exploration of the contradictions manifested in, and through, labour relations and skills development …
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