Asia & the Pacific

Low Pay Among Wage Earners and the Self-employed in IndiaInternational Labour Review

Abstract: While inequality and poverty in India have been much studied, little attention has been given to the underlying role of the labour...

Constraints on Policy Making Towards the Informal Economy in Indonesia: Lessons of the Current Decade

This study was undertaken as part of an effort to draw out policy lessons learnt since the systemic shock triggered by the 1997/98 crisis,...

The Role of CBO in Social Protection – some experiences of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), India

Paper prepared for the conference, Rethinking Economy: Social/Solidarity Economy in China and the World, Beijing, China, 27-28th April 2013. ...

On the Borders of Legality: A Review of Studies on Street Vending in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Liberalization in Trade and Finance: India’s Garment Sector

Do Rights Work? Law, Activism, and the Employment Guarantee Scheme

Analyzes whether enshrining employment as a right has a substantive effect on access to employment in India.

The Beedi Industry in India: An Overview

A report on Improving Working Conditions and Employment Opportunities for Women Workers in Beedi Industry by Best Practices Foundation for...

Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Home-Based Workers

This report synthesizes qualitative and quantitative data from the first (2012) round of IEMS fieldwork in the home-based work sector in...

One Step Forward or More Window Dressing? A Legal Analysis of Recent CSR Initiatives in the Garment Industry in BangladeshInternational Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations

Abstract: The Bangladesh ready-made garment industry has recently been the scene of a number of major accidents, with the collapse of the...

‘Life Has Educated Me’: Building Interpersonal Networks through the Jadibanagar Slum Upgrading Project

This study is a jointly produced outcome from the reflection and sharing of group participants in the Exposure Dialogue Programme (EDP)....