Region: Asia & the Pacific

Peeling the Onion: Social Regulation of the Onion Market, Nangarhar, AfghanistanEconomic and Political Weekly

Afghanistan’s hope that market-driven agriculture will ensure its economic transformation demonstrates a wilful disregard of the links...

Organizing Informal Women Workers

Paper prepared for UNRISD Gender Policy Report.Abstract:

Rising from the Waste– Organising Wastepickers in India, Thailand and the Philippines

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Understanding Gender Inequalities in Wages and Incomes in India

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Brazil, Pakistan, Peru and Philippines

This paper brings together the findings from four country papers on informal economy budget analysis. Informal economy budget analysis asks...

Non-regular Employment and Gaps in Statistics in Japan

Paper for the WIEGO meeting on “Measuring Informal Employment in Developed Countries” 31 October-1 November 2008, Harvard University

Easing the Barriers to Formality: Registration Procedures for Microenterprises and Handicraft Exports in CambodiaInformal Economy, Poverty, and Employment: Cambodia Series

Public Disclosure, Reputation Sensitivity, and Labor Law Compliance: Evidence from Better Factories CambodiaReview of Development Economics

This article is included in a special issue of the journal which includes 11 articles focused on informality. 

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...

Social Security for Street Vendors