Living on the Margins: Vulnerability, social exclusion and the state in the informal economy
26th -28th March 2007
Cape Town, South Africa
The Isandla Institute and the Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies
University of the Western Cape
Chronic Poverty Research Centre
Description
A conference exploring the issues facing those in informal employment and at the margins of the formal economy.
Speakers and schedule
Key speakers and panel members include:
- Helen La Lime, US Consul General, Cape Town
- Joel Netshitenzhe, Policy co-ordination and Advisory Services
- Andries du Toit, Director, Institute for Poverty, Land and Agragarian Studies
- Marty Chen, Harvard University
- Ravi Kanbur, International Professor of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
- Henry Bernstein, Department of Development Studies, SOAS
Event website
Living on the margins conference website
Meeting reports
Living on the margins conference report
Papers
- Living in the background
- In search of South Africa’s second economy
- On the margins of the economy
- Vernacular land markets and rural poverty
- Chronic poverty, disability and occupational deprivation
- Lines in the sand
Please note, a comprehensive list of conference papers are available here