Asia & the Pacific

Tamil Nadu’s Electronics IndustryEconomic and Political Weekly

India’s information technology hardware segment is heavily dependent on imports of components and finished goods. After surveying Tamil...

Transitioning into the Formal – Women Entrepreneurs in the Informal Economy of Nepal

Abstract: This qualitative study aims to understand how and why different groups of informal women entrepreneurs in Nepal engage with, or...

From Revanchism to Ambivalence: The Changing Politics of Street Vending in Guangzhou.Antipode

By focusing on Guangzhou’s street-vending policy transformation, this article explores how exclusionary practices of urban politics...

A Spreading Banyan Tree: the Self-Employed Women’s Association, India

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Home-Based Workers in Ahmedabad, India

Technology at the base of the pyramid: insights from Ahmedabad (India), Durban (South Africa) and Lima (Peru)

Final report for the Technology and the Future of Work Project undertaken by Practical Action and WIEGO with support from the Rockefeller...

Dynamic networks of grassroots innovators in India

Abstract: ‘Grassroots innovations’ in India are receiving increasing attention from innovation scholars and policymakers alike. These innovations...

Informal Labour in the Construction Industry in Nepal

Report of The Second National Commission on Labour

New Governance and the Role of Public and Private Monitoring of Labor Conditions: Sweatshops and China Social Compliance for Textile and Apparel Industry/CSC9000T

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