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Exposure Dialogue Programme [Labour and Employment]      Exposure Dialogue Programme publishes a book                  In 2003, the research network WIEGO, the Self-employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in India and Cornell University, began a series of dialogues better to understand the informal economy, and to bridge different analytical perspectives between mainstream economists, heterodox economists, non-economist social scientists and ground level activists. An integral part of the process was spending a few days and nights living and working with families of women who earn their living in the informal economy, bringing the group closer to reality that technical and policy analysis is meant to capture. Five such exposures were undertaken: in Ahmedabad, India (2004 and 2008), Durban, South Africa (2007, 2011) and Oaxaca, Mexico (2009). Imraan Valodia and Francie Lund have, as members of WIEGO, participated in these activities.               After each exposure and dialogue, members of the group further examined their experiences through written reflections, both personal and technical.       These writings have been brought together in an volume, edited by Namrata Bali, Martha Chen and Ravi Kanbur, that highlights the remarkable process of personal enlightenment and group discourse on informality, poverty, gender and economics. the title of this volume is:       BRIDGING PERSPECTIVES : The Cornell-SEWA-WIEGO Exposure Dialogue Programme on Labour,Informal Employment and Poverty              For a working paper following the earlier Durban EDP see download:  The Informal economy in South Africa: issues, debates and policies: reflections after an exposure dialogue programme with informal workers in Durban.         Imraan Valodia, Francie Lund and Nompumelelo Nzimande participated in the Durban programme.       For the earlier exposure dialogue report by members of this group, see: Reality and Analysis Personal and Technical Reflections on the Working Lives of Six Women, April, 2004, edited by Chen, M. et al, Cornell-SEWA-WIEGO, Exposure and Dialogue Program, Gujarat, January 10-15, 2004.               International participants: Françoise Carré, Research Director for the Center for Social Policy in the University of Massachusetts Boston’s John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies; Nancy Chau, associate professor of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University; Martha Chen, Lecturer in Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government and Coordinator of the global research-policy network Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO); Donna L. Doane has been working as the Subregional Research Coordinator for social protection projects for HomeNet South East Asia; Gary Fields is Professor of Labour Economics at Cornell University; Ravi Kanbur,  T.H. Lee Professor of World Affairs at Cornell University; Jeemol Unni is a Professor of Economics at the Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad; Professor Suman Bery, is at the National Centre for Applied Economic Research, Delhi; and Haroon Bhorat, University of Cape Town. Participants: Professor Francie Lund Professor Imraan Valodia Ms Nompumelelo Nzimande Back	Search Projects  Research Themes Banking and Finance    Monetary Policy and Inflation Credibility Cities, Space and Development    Chance2Sustain Demography and Population Dynamics    Aging and Health in Africa Empowerment in an unequal world? Examining the relationship between fertility and women’s economic participation among African South Africans Marriage Markets and iLobolo in South Africa Environmental Justice    Knowledge for Coastal Governance Gender and Households    Gender and Poverty in South Africa Gender and Taxation Mothers and Motherhood in South Africa ICT for Development    Community-based Learning, ICT and Quality-of-life (CLIQ): A participatory approach to assessing the impact of ICT access. Labour and Employment    Employment and Unemployment in the South African Labour Market Exposure Dialogue Programme Health and Safety for Informal Workers Informal Economy Monitoring Study Labor Market Analysis for the Rockefeller Foundation’s PRIDE (Poverty Reduction through Information and Digital Employment) Initiative Labour Migration and Informal Settlements The Economics of Language Urban Policies and the Informal Economy Poverty and Inequality    KwaZulu-Natal Income Dynamics Study (KIDS) Subjective Indicators of Well-being Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS    Stalling Contraception? Perspectives and Experiences of Sexually Active Women and Men in KwaZulu-Natal Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS    Growing old with AIDS: Targeting older people for a change Health in a rapidly changing South Africa The Introduction of a Universal Dual Prophylaxis PMTCT Programme in South Africa to Prevent Infant HIV Infections: an assessment of the impact of geographic area and socioeconomic status on outcome in operational settings Understanding the dynamics of condom negotiation and use in marital relationships in generalised HIV epidemics The Politics of Food    The Production of Indigenous Vegetables in KwaZulu-Natal: Obstacles and Opportunities Trade and Industry    Constraints to Growth in Employment and Manufacturing in the Greater Durban Manufacturing area [completed] Manufacturing Firms in the Greater Durban Area. Trajectories of Capital Accumulation    South African Capitalism: Global and local Dynamics in an Historical Context. X Research ARCHIVE    National Policy and Labour Market Trends A Socio-economic Impact Assessment of the Local Competitiveness Fund Implementation Projects Under Gijima KZN LED Support Programme. AIDS, Demography and Poverty Trends (ADAPT) in an African Population with High AIDS Mortality and Implications for Social Policy Budgeting for a Human Rights Approach to Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers Determinants of Child Welfare Outcomes in SA: a comparative analysis of cross-sectional and panel data Durban Community-Building Project Fisheries in Madagascar Gender, Employment and Time Use Gender, SMME and Trade Issues in South Africa [completed] Industrial Restructuring Project International Partnerships for Collaborative Research and Knowledge Building in the Field of Global and Regional Local Government Collaboration for Sustainable Community Development – Research project proposal development Making the Most of Commodities Programme/Hewlett Foundation – Infrastructure, mining and linkages in Tanzania’s Central Development Corridor Poverty & Information and Communication Technology Systems in Urban and Rural East-Africa (PICTURE) Prospects for linkages in growth sector value chains in Lesotho (UNDP/UNCTAD) Quality of Life (Land Reform) Risk and Vulnerability SADC Case studies in TNC-SME Linkages [completed] Social Policy and Cash Transfers in South Africa and the Rest of Africa Social Protection and the Informal Economy Strengthening Analytical Capacity and Evidence-based Decision Making [completed] The Impact of Asian drivers on Sub-Saharan Africa The Political Economy of Paid and Unpaid Care Towards a Low Carbon City: Focus on Durban Trade, Reproductive Health and Rights Unlocking the Green Economy in KwaZulu-Natal Water institutions and Delivery Case Studies Young Researchers Philanthropy Initiative [Completed project] Civil Society and Development [Completed] The Globalisation, Marginalisation and New Social Movements Project [completed]The Politics of Housing and Service Provision in Shack Settlements [completed]Transformation in Small Towns [completed]Transforming the Apartheid City: Durban Qualitative Component South African Research Chair in Economic Development    South African Research Chair in Economic Development South African Research Chair in Applied Poverty Reduction Assessment    South African Research Chair in Applied Poverty Reduction Assessment Archive    Completed Projects [In Progress: TEST]