Book chapter 2024

Skill and livelihoods: Some concluding ideas

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McGrath, Simon
Learning for Livelihoods in the Global South: Theoretical and Methodological Lenses on Skills and the Informal Sector
Journal · pp. 265-272
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This concluding chapter explores three areas of continuing debate within the field of skilling for the informal sector. It considers the diverse ways of conceptualising informality and its relationships to learning, work and livelihoods. It draws attention to unresolved tensions that remain. It highlights the longstanding and continued problem of interventions in skills development in/for the informal sector. © 2025 selection and editorial matter, Lesley Powell, Adam Cooper, Trent Brown and Simon McGrath; individual chapters, the contributors. All rights reserved.

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