Protecting the entrepreneurial poor: A human rights approach
[Article behind paywall] Half of the working poor in developing countries are informal entrepreneurs – they make a living by engaging in commercial activities in the shadow economy. A series … Continue reading
Gender and the future of work in Thailand
Women in Asia experience massive structural disadvantages, from early childhood education through their retirement from work. It is mainly women who are exploited as cheap labor in Asias export industries … Continue reading
GLOBAL POLITICS FROM THE LOCAL TRENCH: A CARTOGRAPHY OF THE RISE OF THE NEW URBAN POWER. — Pablo Sanchez Chillon
[“If you want to walk fast, walk alone. If you want to walk far, walk together” / The new Mayor’s motto] Un artículo de Pablo Sánchez Chillón, Abogado, Conferencista Internacional, … Continue reading
Austerity, The New Normal: A Renewed Washington Consensus 2010-24
The report, published by IPD, ITUC, PSI, EURODAD and the Breton Woods Project: (i) examines historical and projected government expenditure trends for 189 countries; (ii) reviews the latest IMF country … Continue reading
The corruption–growth relationship
Corruption is widely believed to negatively affect economic growth. However, many East and Southeast Asia countries either achieved or currently are achieving impressively rapid economic growth despite widespread corruption — … Continue reading
Inequality, good governance, and endemic corruption
Can a society suffering contests between rich and poor achieve good governance in the face of endemic corruption? We examine a stylized poor state with weak institutions in which a … Continue reading
What’s in a Word? The Conceptual Politics of ‘Informal’ Street Trade in Dar es Salaam
Focussing on policies towards urban street trade in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in this paper I illustrate how despite the widely acknowledged limits to its analytical usefulness, the contested and … Continue reading
Pluriverse: A Post-Development Dictionary
“Pluriverse: A Post-Development Dictionary” is a stimulating collection of over 100 essays on transformative alternatives to the currently dominant processes of globalized development, including its structural roots in modernity, capitalism, … Continue reading
Borderslums — {FAVEL issues}
The U.S.-Mexican border es una herida abierta where the Third World grates the first and bleeds. ––Gloria Anzaldúa According to Gloria Anzaldúa, borders define the safe from the unsafe and … Continue reading
