Workers’ Health and Safety

A comparative analysis of paid leave for the health needs of workers and their families around the world

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Occupational Health & Safety for Indigenous Caterers in Accra, Ghana

The Constitutional Parameters of New York State’s Domestic Workers Bill of Rights

Pesticide Health and Safety Challenges Facing Informal Sector Workers: A Case of Small-scale Agricultural Workers in Tanzania

Abstract: The Tanzania informal sector is growing fast, with precarious working conditions and particular hazards for women and children...

The Welfare Fund Model of Social Security for Informal Sector Workers: The Kerala Experience

CDS Working Paper, No. 332

What is a Human-Rights Based Approach to Health and Does it Matter?Health and Human Rights

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Occupational Health & Safety for Market and Street Traders in Accra and Takoradi, Ghana

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...

Pesticide Vendors in the Informal Sector: Trading Health for Income

Abstract: South African low-income communities face many challenges (e.g., insufficient housing, poor service delivery, and abject poverty);...

Barriers to the Extension of Social Protection: Evidence from Asia