The Urban Informal Sector In Africa In Retrospect And Prospect
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Author : International Labour Office Publisher : International Labour Organization Page : 102 pages File Size : 48,8 Mb Release : 1991 Category : Business & Economics ISBN : STANFORD:36105000407721
The Urban Informal Sector in Africa in Retrospect and Prospect by International Labour Office Pdf
This annotated bibliography brings together about 200 recent titles (in English and French) on the urban informal sector in Africa and its potential for employment and growth. Arranged thematically, it covers regional variations, training, credit, women, policies and institutional environment, linkages with the formal sector, and interventions by aid organizations.
The Urban Informal Sector in Africa in Retrospect and Prospect : an Annotated Bibliography : ILO (International Labour Bibliography : 1010-8106 by Anonim Pdf
The Urban Informal Sector in Asia by S. V. Sethuraman,International Labour Office Pdf
An annotated bibliography which brings together about 240 recent titles on the urban informal sector in Asia, an area of high employment and rapid growth. Arranged thematically, it covers training, women, labour market, urban poverty, working conditions and economic growth.
Liberalization and Economic Performance of the Informal Sector by Indrajit Bairagya Pdf
Impact of liberalization on informality has been a subject of intense debate for many years and the major issue that has come up is whether liberalization helps to grow informal sector and informality in the economy or it is an obstruction for informal sector’s growth. Thus, in the light of the recent liberalization measure, this book sets to examine general presumptions of the development of informal sector in the context of the Indian economy. The book begins with a broad framework for analysis of output contribution and growth of the informal sector. Liberalization is measured by openness indices and inter-sectoral linkages. Impact of liberalization on growth contributions of informal sector is captured by openness indices (i.e. degree of openness to trade and principal component scores), technical efficiency (measured by Data Envelope Analysis and estimated by Tobit Censored Regression model) and components of productivity (computed by Malmquist total factor productivity index) of the informal enterprises by inter-sectoral linkages. The linkages are modeled theoretically in a neo-classical growth theory and empirically measured by sub-contracting arrangements between formal and informal enterprises. In addition, the book also provides implications on promotion of informal sector from the viewpoint of employment generation. The description and analyses of the book will help with policy implications and enlighten the readers on the development of informal sector.
International Labour Organisation. African Regional Conference,International Labour Office
Author : International Labour Organisation. African Regional Conference,International Labour Office Publisher : International Labour Organization Page : 146 pages File Size : 42,5 Mb Release : 1993 Category : Africa ISBN : 9221090116
Courtyards, Markets, City Streets by Kathleen Sheldon Pdf
Although women have long been active residents in African cities, explorations of their contributions have been marginal. This volume brings women into the center of the urban landscape, using case studies to illustrate their contributions to family, community, work, and political life. The book begins with a rich introduction that discusses how women's work in trade and agriculture has been the foundation of African urbanization. The contributors then focus on patterns of migration and urbanization, with an emphasis on the personal and social issues that influence the decision to migrate from rural areas; women's employment in varied activities from selling crafts to managing small businesses; the sometimes unavoidable practice of prostitution when options are limited; the emergence of complex new family formations deriving from access to courts and the continued strength of polygyny; and women's participation in community and political activities. The volume includes material from all regions of sub-Saharan Africa and brings together scholars from all the social sciences.
Platform Labour and Global Logistics by Immanuel Ness Pdf
Over the past 50 years the global labour market is transforming from reliable employment to low-wage and unstable informal and precarious jobs. This ineluctable shift is a consequence of the concentrated application of neoliberalism since the 1980s, as capitalism is converting standardised labour markets in the developed Global North into contingent and informal labour. Platform Labour and Global Logistics: A Research Companion examines the most important developments and features of global logistics and the emergence of the platform economy through historical comparative chapters and case studies. Part I surveys the logistics revolution and its impact on labour in key sectors of the global economy and probes the viability of the platform as a generator of economic and financial growth and innovation. The chapters of Part 1 offer a fulsome analysis and critique of the economic and technical reconfiguration brought on by neoliberal capitalism and the diffusion of the platform and logistics as a feasible model into the future. Part II examines labour restructuring from standardized to informal work through the platform and information technology, and the political and environmental challenges to labour. Part III provides global case studies on the informal economy through case studies of crucial economies where the platform has become dominant, and Part IV examines how the platform has contributed to geographic mobility and labour migration, and the consequences on workers. Platform Labour and Global Logistics: A Research Companion presents a unique contribution to the political economy literature through highlighting the significance of the impact of the platform and logistics on the working class and potential challenges from labour across the world. This book is intended for academics, researchers and students studying technological innovation, global supply chains, labour restructuring, and worker resistance.
Author : Carlos Maldonado,S. V. Sethuraman Publisher : International Labour Organization Page : 252 pages File Size : 42,6 Mb Release : 1992 Category : Social Science ISBN : 9221064689
Technological Capability in the Informal Sector by Carlos Maldonado,S. V. Sethuraman Pdf
Technology plays a key role in the informal sectors of developing countries, yet little is known about the acquisition of technical knowhow or the adaptation of technology.
Industrial Relations: Approaches to industrial relations and trends in national systems by John E. Kelly Pdf
This set is designed to capture both the complexity of the field of industrial relations globally, as well as bringing out the continuing relevance of competing theoretical approaches to the subject.
Author : A. S. Bhalla Publisher : International Labour Organization Page : 192 pages File Size : 48,6 Mb Release : 1992 Category : Business & Economics ISBN : 9221082504
Environment, Employment and Development by A. S. Bhalla Pdf
This study examines the employment implications of sustainable development, especially for developing countries, and reviews current approaches to minimizing environmental degradation. Spectacular economic growth since 1945, based largely on technological advance, has entailed major environmental costs which, this book claims, cannot be sustained, except at the risk of our own survival.
Reforming the African Public Sector. Retrospect and Prospects by Joseph R. A. Ayee Pdf
Reforming the African Public Sector: Retrospect and Prospectsis an in-depth and wide-ranging review of the available literature on African public sector reforms. It illustrates several differing country experiences to buttress the main observations and conclusions. It adopts a structural/institutional approach which underpins most of the reform efforts on the continent. To contextualize reform of the public sector and understand its processes, dynamics and intricacies, the book examines the state and state capacity building in Africa, especially when there can be no state without an efficient public sector. In addition, the book addresses a number of theories such as the new institutional economics, public choice and new public management, which have in one way or another influenced most of the initiatives implemented under public sector reform in Africa. There is also a survey of the three phases of public sector reform which have emerged and the balance sheet of reform strategies, namely, decentralization, privatization, deregulation, agencification, co-production and public-private partnerships. It concludes by identifying possible alternative approaches such as developing a vigorous public sector ethos and sustained capacity building to promote and enhance the renewal and reconstruction of the African public sector within the context of the New Partnerships for Africa's Development (NEPAD), good governance and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Analyses the linkages between the urban informal sector and the rest of the economy as well as within the urban informal sector. Traces the historical origins and developments of Swaziland's urban informal sector from the pre-colonial period (pre-1844) to the 1980s.
The Handbook of Urban Studies provides the first comprehensive, up-to-date account of the urban condition, relevant to a wide readership from academics to researchers and policymakers. It provides a theoretically and empirically informed account embracing all the different disciplines contributing to urban studies. Leading authors identify key issues and questions and future trends for further research and present their findings so that, where appropriate, they are relevant to the needs of policymakers. Using the city as a unifying structure, the Handbook provides an holistic appreciation of urban structure and change, and of the theories by which we understand the structure, development and changing character
