Public and Workplace Services

Political reservations and women’s entrepreneurship in India

Numerous countries have implemented seat reservations for women in politics over the past decades. Starting in the early 1990s, India’s flagship...

Paid Care Providers in South Africa: Nurses, Domestic Workers, and Home-Based Care Workers

Abuses Against Child Domestic Workers in El Salvador

Contributing to the Fight Against HIV/AIDS within the Informal Economy: The Existing and Potential Role of Decentralized Systems fo Social Protection

Employee and union inputs into occupational health and safety measures in Chinese factories

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Hidden health costs of pesticide use in Zimbabwe’s smallholder cotton growers

Depressive and anxiety symptoms among housemaidsAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine

Background: Housemaid, the most common occupation in the female labor force in Brazil, is known to be targeted by a generalized racial and...

Report of the Working Group on Occupational Safety and Health for the 12th Five Year Plan, 2012-2017

The Impact of Health Insurance Schemes for the Informal Sector in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review

This paper summarizes the literature on the impact of state subsidized or social health insurance schemes that have been offered, mostly...

Participatory Policy Making: Lessons from Thailand’s Universal Coverage Scheme

This policy brief draws out lessons from the Thai health reform process which are relevant to both policy makers and organizations of informal...