Search for dissertations about: "informal sector"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 67 swedish dissertations containing the words informal sector.

  2. 1. Circles of Value : A Study of Working Lives of Informal Sector Traders in Delhi, India

    Author : Riya Raphael; Genusvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; theories of value; pheriwale; informal economy; informal sector; recycle traders; Dalit feminism; intersectionality; caste; pheri; Social reproduction; waiting; relational autonomy; Delhi; India;

    Abstract : This study revolves around the working lives of pheriwale, a group of self-employed traders within India’s vast informal economy. Pheriwale have been trading in Delhi for nearly a century and are involved in the second-hand clothing trade. READ MORE

  4. 2. Walking the tight rope : Informal livelihoods and social networks in a West African city

    Author : Ilda Lourenço-Lindell; Katherine Gough; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; social networks; social capital; informal safety nets; informal sector; informalization; livelihoods; urban food; regulation; social change; structural adjutsment; Guinea-Bissau; West Africa; African cities; ADP; ADB;

    Abstract : Trends towards ‘informalization’ are looming large in the world today. African cities have long been characterised by the presence of an ‘informal sector’ but are now experiencing new waves of ‘informalization’. READ MORE

  5. 3. Informal livelihoods: Womens´biographies and reflections about everyday life : A time-geographic analysis in urban Colombia

    Author : Åsa Westermark; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; time geography; diaries; biographies; livelihood; women; development; empowerment; gender; informal sector; Bogota; Colombia; Latin America;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the everyday life conditions of low-income women who work mainly in the informal sector in Bogota, Colombia. The work has its point of departure in an analysis of the complex daily lives of two women over an extended time period and from the perspective of the individual. READ MORE

  6. 4. Towards a framework for analyzing IT strategy management in public sector : a case for IT organisations in the public sector

    Author : Anayanci López Poveda; Paul Johannesson; Lazar Rusu; Anne Håkansson; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; IT strategy management; strategic management of IT; IT service management; public sector; small medium sized IT organizations.; SRA - ICT; SRA - Informations- och kommunikationsteknik;

    Abstract : Small/medium sized public sector IT organisations combine several characteristics that difficult the effective use of an IT strategy. Research has reported small/medium sized organisations as using unstructured and informal IT management initiatives, which frequently leads to inexistent or incipient use of IT strategy. READ MORE

  7. 5. Political Economy Perspectives on the "Informal Sector"

    Author : Victor Tanaka; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

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