With labour being pushed out of agriculture, Jan Breman analyses why, when, and how the massive shift in production and employment came about. The book is divid

This landmark volume brings together leading scholars in the field to investigate recent conceptual shifts, research findings and policy debates on the informal

This publication provides, for the first time, direct measures of informal employment inside and outside informal enterprises for 47 countries. It also presents

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