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The Invisibility of Wage Employment in Statistics on the Informal Economy in Africa: Causes and Consequences (2014)
Journal Article
Rizzo, M., Kilama, B., & Wuyts, M. (2014). The Invisibility of Wage Employment in Statistics on the Informal Economy in Africa: Causes and Consequences. The Journal of Development Studies, 51(2), 149-161. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2014.968136

This article challenges the claim, along with the statistics that support it, that self-employment is by far the dominant employment status in the informal economy. The article begins by reviewing key insights from relevant literature on the informal... Read More about The Invisibility of Wage Employment in Statistics on the Informal Economy in Africa: Causes and Consequences.

China goes global (2014)
Journal Article
Urban, F. (2014). China goes global. International innovation, 159, 83-85

Land and freedom : the MST, the Zapatistas and peasant alternatives to neoliberalism (2014)
Book
Vergara-Camus, L. (2014). Land and freedom : the MST, the Zapatistas and peasant alternatives to neoliberalism. Zed Books. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350220980

The Zapatistas of Chiapas and the Landless Workers Movement (MST) of Brazil are often celebrated as shining examples in the global struggle against Neoliberalism. But what have these movements achieved in more than two decades of resistance and can a... Read More about Land and freedom : the MST, the Zapatistas and peasant alternatives to neoliberalism.

Land and freedom : the MST, the Zapatistas and peasant alternatives to neoliberalism (2014)
Book
Vergara-Camus, L. (2014). Land and freedom : the MST, the Zapatistas and peasant alternatives to neoliberalism. Zed Books. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350220980

The Zapatistas of Chiapas and the Landless Workers Movement (MST) of Brazil are often celebrated as shining examples in the global struggle against Neoliberalism. But what have these movements achieved in more than two decades of resistance and can a... Read More about Land and freedom : the MST, the Zapatistas and peasant alternatives to neoliberalism.

4th Annual Conference of the Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health (LCIRAH), Agri-food policy and governance for nutrition and health, London, 3–4 June 2014 (2014)
Journal Article
Kanter, R., Figuereido Augusto, G., Walls, H., Cuevas, S., Flores-Martinez, A., Tak, M., & Picchioni, F. (2014). 4th Annual Conference of the Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health (LCIRAH), Agri-food policy and governance for nutrition and health, London, 3–4 June 2014. Food Security, 6(5), 747-753. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-014-0379-8

What happens to patterns of food consumption when food prices change? Evidence from a systematic review and meta analysis of food price elasticities globally. (2014)
Journal Article
Cornelsen, L., Green, R., Turner, R., Dangour, A. D., Shankar, B., Mazzocchi, M., & Smith, R. D. (2015). What happens to patterns of food consumption when food prices change? Evidence from a systematic review and meta analysis of food price elasticities globally. Health Economics, 24(12), 1548-1559. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3107

Recent years have seen considerable interest in examining the impact of food prices on food consumption and subsequent health consequences. Fiscal policies targeting the relative price of unhealthy foods are frequently put forward as ways to address... Read More about What happens to patterns of food consumption when food prices change? Evidence from a systematic review and meta analysis of food price elasticities globally..