Platform Livelihoods
Working, Trading, Renting and Creating in a digital age. I am editing a book on this, coming out in April 2024. https://www.cariboudigital.net/2023/12/platform-livelihoods-book/
by Jonathan Donner · updated 15h ago
Platform Livelihoods
Working Without Borders: The Promise and Peril of Online Gig Work
Exploring the role of local/regional online gig platforms in promoting inclusion for gig workers in developing countries and supporting local private sector growth while addressing challenges in sustainability.
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Working Without Borders: The Promise and Peril of Online Gig Work
The document explores gender differences in engagement with online gig work, highlighting the opportunities and challenges for increasing female labor force participation.
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Amazon’s Trickle-Down Monopoly: Third-Party Sellers and the Transformation of Small Business
"Amazon's Trickle-Down Monopoly" explores the role of third-party sellers and their experiences in building Amazon's retail business, examining how Amazon's control and changes have transformed small businesses.
by Moira Weigel
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"Universal Social Protection for Gig and Platform Workers: Guiding Principles for Governments"
The document discusses the Code on Social Security 2020 in India, which aims to provide social protection to all workers, including gig and platform workers.
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How Selling Online is Affecting Informal Firms in South Asia
This paper examines the impact of selling online through e-commerce platforms on informal firms in South Asia, focusing on market access and business expansion.
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ecommerce small firms even informal
Academic Fellows Report November 2022
This report examines the role of young African influencers and viral hashtags on TikTok and Instagram in challenging Afropessimism and nurturing an African digital cosmopolitan practice.
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The Academic Fellows program has brought together 11 African academics based around the continent
and the diaspora to investigate Africa's narrative across a range of mediums and topics that include
social media, arts reinstitution, the impact of Covid-19, and spoken word poetry. The program brings
academic rigour and an evidence-based approach to African No Filter's work to understand and shift
harmful and stereotypical narratives about Africa. It forms part of a larger research agenda to
understand narrative and its impact. It is co-funded by Facebook and supported by The African Union,
AUDA-NEPAD and the New York-based Africa Centre.
Jobtech Taxonomy v3.1
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Analysing the Development Impact of the Gig Economy using Sen’s Capability Approach: A Case Study of the Physical Gig Economy in India
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Feeling Proud, Feeling Embarrassed: Experiences of Low-income Women with Crowd Work
The document explores the experiences of low-income women in India engaging with crowd work platforms and examines the challenges and opportunities they face.
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Women’s economic empowerment is central to gender equality.
However, work opportunities available to low-income women in
patriarchal societies are infrequent. While crowd work has the
potential to increase labor participation of such women, much
remains unknown about their engagement with crowd work and
the resultant opportunities and tensions. To fll this gap, we critically
examined the adoption and use of a crowd work platform by low-
income women in India. Through a qualitative study, we found
that women faced tremendous challenges, for example, in seeking
permission from family members to do crowd work, lack of family
support and encouragement, and often working in unfavorable
environments where they had to hide their work lives. While crowd
work took a toll on their physical and emotional wellbeing, it also
led to increased confdence, agency, and autonomy. We discuss
ways to reduce frictions and tensions in participation of low-income
women on crowd work platforms.
Gender, Entrepreneurship and Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of GoFood Merchants in Indonesia
This paper examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender differences in business performance and crisis mitigation strategies among GoFood merchants in Indonesia.
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