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5 June 2002
Published by: IDS
In established democracies, the extension of the franchise to all prompted significant reductions in inequality as working people and the poor used their ballot to elect coalitions which implemented programmes to reduce social inequality.
3 June 2002
Globalisation has led to important changes in the nature of work, and workers access to social protection. In large parts of the global economy work is becoming increasingly informalised, both in important global export sectors as well as domestic production.
1 May 2002
Published by: IDS
Why the title 'New politics of taxation'? What then were the 'old'? This Bulletin discusses the increasing prominence of taxation issues on policy and political agendas in developing countries.
11 April 2002
Published by: IDS
Around the world, a growing crisis of legitimacy characterises the relationship between citizens and the institutions that affect their lives.
4 March 2002
Published by: IDS
In this IDS Bulletin, researchers associated with the Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability (DRC) share emerging work around the meanings of rights and citizenship, spaces and places for participation, and new forms of accountability in different parts of the world.
1 November 2001
In developed and developing countries, grassroots organisations are trying to improve the livelihoods of informal producers. Such organisations have been concerned in particular with the homeworkers who carry out production tasks or provide services for the garment industry. Organisations such as the Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) of India, and HomeNet International, both founding members of Women in the Informal Economy: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), have tried to provide homeworkers with information and organisational strength. Women represent a majority of those working in the garment industry, particularly in home-based operations, where they are excluded from formal labour market protection and organisation.
1 January 2002
Published by: Overseas Development Institute
1 January 2002
This paper provides a brief overview of the emerging issues in gender and development policy, practice and theory. Since the UN World Conference in Beijing (1995) many development organisations have made important progress in addressing a gender equality perspective through adopting gender mainstreaming strategies.
1 January 2002
Published by: IDS
This paper synthesises current thinking and evidence on a number of issues around the design and impact of social protection programmes.
25 January 2002
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
The weakness of redistributional mechanisms, both globally and within developing economies, makes it imperative to directly enhance the productive incomes of poor people. Coffee farmers, generally located in the poorest countries, have suffered especially badly in recent years, and farm gate and internationally traded bean prices are now at historically low levels.