Child Care

Livelihoods With Dignity

Transitioning from the informal to the formal economy

Report V(1), International Labour Conference, 103rd Session, 2014

Street Vendors in the Urban EconomyIndia International Centre Quarterly

In most Indian cities the urban poor survive by working in the informal economy. Poverty and lack of gainful employment in the rural areas...

Implementation of international labour standards for domestic workers

This brief examines how ILO member States have been improving the protection of domestic workers through the implementation of different...

Estimating Domestic Workers, Home-Based Workers, Street Vendors and Waste Pickers in India

The Exceptional Persistence of India’s Unorganized Sector

This paper documents several key facts about India’s unorganized sector in manufacturing and services. the paper investigates conditions...

Changing Social Policy: The Child Support Grant in South Africa

Description from HSRC Press: An important historical record of one part of post-apartheid South Africa’s policymaking, Changing Social...

Urbanisation, migration and social policy: Asian perspectives

A brief presentation to visualize the way rapid urbanization and migration impact on social policy needs and financing for women informal...

“Informality”: It’s Time to Stop Being Alice-in-Wonderland-ish

Unpublished manuscript

Female Business Ownership and Informal Sector Persistence

This paper shows that a substantial share of the persistence in India’s unorganized manufacturing sector is due to the rapid increase...