Livelihoods

Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Reflections on Recent Approaches to Tackle Informality

Education and earnings in urban West Africa

Earning their keep and keeping what they earn: A critique of organizing strategies for South Asian women in the informal sector

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Women in the Indian Informal Economy: Collective Strategies for Work Life Improvement and Development

Neither Seen Nor Heard: South Asia’s Millions of Home-based Workers

Home-based workers in South Asia number in the tens of millions and are essential to many industries, yet remain invisible and disregarded...

The Regularising State

This article discusses a form of informality widely prevalent in small and medium cities in Maharashtra, called gunthewari. It is an examination...

Promoting Occupational Safety and Health for Cambodian Entertainment Sector Workers

Abstract: Cambodia has developed booming textile, garment, tourism, and entertainment service industries since the mid-1990s. The 2007 global...

Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Towards an ILO Convention

Rethinking Labor Law in the New Commonwealth Caribbean Economy: A Framework for Change

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The ‘right to the city’: Institutional imperatives of a development state