"Formalising employment is a desirable policy goal, but how it is done matters greatly, especially for women workers. Indeed, formalisation policies that do not recognise gendered realities and prevailing socio-economic conditions may be less effective and even counterproductive. This book...

The politics of labor reform in Latin America -- Directions in labor reform: a regional overview -- Legacies of state corporatism: Argentina and Brazil -- Legacies of radical regimes: Chile and Peru -- Legacies of revolution: Mexico and Bolivia -- The future of labor reform: between flexibility...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Expansion and expectation: footloose-ness -- Chapter 3: Did we explain? -- Chapter 4: Alternative explanation from labour studies -- Chapter 5: Transition in Indian employment -- Chapter 6: Definitional Dilemma -- Chapter 7: Process of Informalisation of...

Precarious work in comparative perspective -- Japan, South Korea, and Indonesia -- Global capitalism, domestic policies, and precarious work -- Dualisms of precarious work : nonstandard work, informal economy, and self-employment -- Precarious work, wages, and social protections -- Precarious...

The main purpose of this study is to investigate legal and policy gaps in regulating informal employment in Tanzania in order to expose areas that need to be addressed so that to extend legal protection to informal workers. This study is based on the idea that informal employment in Tanzania is...