Region: Asia & the Pacific

The Indian labour market: A gender perspective

This paper provides an in-depth analysis of trends in labour market outcomes of women in India based on unit level data sets of employment...

Informality and the state’s ambivalence in the regulation of street vending in transforming Guangzhou, ChinaGeoforum

Street vending faces uncertain state responses in contemporary Chinese cities, though it plays an important role in sustaining the livelihood...

Approaches to Basic Service Delivery for the Working Poor: Assessing the Impact of Mahila Housing Trust’s Parivartan Slum Upgrading Programme in Ahmedabad, India

Increased urbanization in India has meant more poor people live in hazardous conditions, lacking access to even basic facilities and services....

The Urban Informal Workforce: Street Vendors

These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive...

Protecting caste livelihoods on the western coast of India: an intersectional analysis of Udupi’s fisherwomen

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO. 

Home-Based Workers in Bangladesh: Statistics and Trends

This brief presents estimates of home-based workers in Bangladesh based on two rounds of labour force surveys (nationally representative...

Women Workers in the Informal Sector in South Asia: Creating an Enabling Environment

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Livelihoods With Dignity

Decent work deficits in informal economy: Case of Surat

Work and Economic Security in the 21st Century: What Can We Learn From Ela Bhatt?

This paper is the result of research on SEWA including an interview with Ela Bhatt, conducted by Edward Webster, Professor Emeritus at the...