Walker, Julian;
Rigon, Andrea;
Koroma, Braima;
(2022)
The Governance and Regulation of the Informal Economy: Implications for livelihoods and decent work.
In: Nunan, Fiona and Barnes, C and Krishnamurthy, S, (eds.)
The Routledge Handbook on Livelihoods in the Global South.
(pp. 235-243).
Routledge: London, UK.
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Abstract
A large proportion of workers in the global economy derive their livelihoods from the ‘informal economy’, and these workers are more likely to experience unprotected and exploitative labour conditions. This chapter draws on literature that questions the relevance of a formal/informal dichotomy, and critiques the assumption that extension of state regulation of livelihoods is inherently desirable. Drawing on case study material from Freetown, Sierra Leone, it argues that while state actors play a crucial role in regulation to extend decent work, not all state regulatory practices are beneficial to workers, and that social regulation of livelihoods can also have an important role to play in protecting livelihoods and labour rights. Finally, it highlights the scope of co-production of livelihoods regulation by state and non-state actors.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Governance and Regulation of the Informal Economy: Implications for livelihoods and decent work |
| ISBN: | 1000581543 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781000581546 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.432... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Development Planning Unit |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10160688 |
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