Poverty / Inequality

Growth, Structural Change and Wage Rates in Rural India

Examining the structural transformation in India and its developed states to know whether they have passed the Lewis turning point, this...

Down and Out in Ahmedabad

Migrant workers, who are often landless labourers, seek succour and refuge in night shelters mandated by the Supreme Court of India.

Redemption – The Documentary

From the documentary’s website: “They are New York City’s gleaners – struggling at the edge of our society. You see them on almost...

Decent work for indigenous domestic workers

From this edition of the ILO’s newsletter: “Indigenous peoples constitute about 5% of the world’s population and account for...

(Re)conceptualizing poverty and informal employment

Presentation from Session 3 of the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference – “Informality and Economics.”

Expert Group Meeting – Reducing Inequalities: SDG 10 Progress and Prospects

• April 2, 2019 - April 4, 2019

Geneva, Switzerland

Links with Poverty

Not all informal workers are poor and not all working poor are engaged in the informal economy — but there is significant overlap between...