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This report presents a selection of papers presented to the fourth Bonn Conference on Adult Education and Development that contribute to the development of technical and vocational skills development in the informal sector (TVSD). The papers are presented in five sections. 'Theoretical and political frameworks' contains: Building skills in the informal sector / Richard Walther; The shadow economy and work in the shadow: an introduction / Friedrich Georg Schneider; Orienting literacy, TVET, life skills towards poverty eradication: learning from Nepal and the Philippines. 'Best practices: integrated approaches; contains: Transfer of technical skills among collectivised slum adults strengthens community actions for slum dwellers / Manoj Rai; A pedagogy of contingency for precarious work / Astrid von Kotze; Kunzwana Women's Association: technical and vocational skills development in Zimbabwe / Emmie Wade. 'Best practices: women empowerment' contains: Fostering gender equality and inclusion: skills training and income generation for lower-class urban migrant Aymara women / Roxana Rosaria Roca Gonzales; A women's life and work training programme / Marta-Elena Jaramillo. 'Best practices: entrepreneurship' contains: 'On your own, but not alone': self-employment in Manzini, Swaziland / Susanne Franke; Training Aymara micro entrepreneurs: migrants in the city of El Alto / Sonia Sapiencia de Zapata. 'Best practices: cooperation and coordination' contains: Supporting women in the informal sector: experiences from Ethiopia / Sonja Belete and Jesco Weickert; Community development and skills for the informal sector in Jordan / Bart Denys and Alaa' Abu Akari; Skills development for work and life: initiatives and support by the Regional Office of DVV International in Vientiane, Lao PDR. Show less