Globalisation and rapid technological change have radically transformed labour markets, affecting the lives and prospects of billions of workers. Those in the i

Globalisation and rapid technological change have radically transformed labour markets, affecting the lives and prospects of billions of workers. Those in the i

In hard times, dissension mounts. The old social contract flounders and cannot be revived. Forces of reaction assert themselves. Danger intensifies. In dark tim

Social Contracts and Informal Workers in the Global South draws on the accounts of informal workers, who represent over 60 per cent of the global workforce, to

This report adds two perspectives on informality. It disassembles the mechanics of the deleterious links between informal employment, low-paying work and low sk