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How urban 'informality' can inform response to COVID-19: a research agenda for the future. [PDF]

open access: yesHist Philos Life Sci, 2021
Onditi F   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Job Separations and Informality in the Russian Labor Market [PDF]

open access: yes
In the years 2003-2008 the Russian economy experienced a period of strong and sustained growth, which was accompanied by large worker turnover and rising informality.
Razzolini, Tiziano   +2 more
core  

Cultivating Circularity: Harnessing Industry 4.0 and Stakeholder Engagement for a Sustainable Agrifood Future in Brazil

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyzed Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technology applications in agribusiness and the role of strategic stakeholders, engagement methods, and other critical aspects data sharing, confidentiality, integrity, decision‐making, and sector‐specific requirements in promoting circularity.
Simone Sehnem   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital Transformation and Informal Innovation in Africa: Reframing STI Policy for Inclusive Circular Economy Transitions

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid increasing environmental and economic pressures, Africa's transition to a circular economy (CE) presents a vital pathway to inclusive, low‐carbon development. Yet, how digital transformation, informal innovation, and science, technology, and innovation (STI) policy readiness shape CE outcomes remains underexplored.
Emmanuel K. Manu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Informal Space in the Urban Waterscape: Disaggregation and Co-Production of Water Services

open access: yesWater Alternatives, 2014
This special issue explores the realities of water provision in 'informal' urban spaces located in different parts of the world through eight empirical, case-based papers. The collection of articles shows that formality and informality are fluid concepts
Rhodante Ahlers   +3 more
doaj  

Contractual Dualism, Market Power and Informality [PDF]

open access: yes
Two stylized representations are often found in the academic and policy literature on informality and formality in developing countries. The first is that the informal (or unregulated) sector is more competitive than the formal (or regulated) sector. The
Basu, Arnab K.   +2 more
core  

Collective action, urban spaces, and common goods. The concept of informality from a sociological perspective

open access: yes, 2023
Informality represents the growing social dimension in which many experiences of collective action take place in our urban environments. After the collapse of political parties and political institutions in terms of legitimation and trust, citizens have ...
Putini
core  

Thinking urban informality through southern theory

open access: yes, 2020
This article investigates urban informality via the lens of southern theory and sets out a postcolonial conceptual framework for researching and theorizing the urban.
Palat Narayanan, Nipesh
core   +1 more source

Environmental Regulation at the Crossroads: A Review of Catalysts and Barriers in Circular Economy Transitions

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid growing resource pressures, environmental regulation plays a critical role in enabling the transition to a circular economy (CE). This study conducts a systematic literature review to synthesize how different regulatory approaches—command‐and‐control, market‐based, voluntary, and reflexive—affect CE transitions across economic and ...
Li Yuan
wiley   +1 more source

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