Asia & the Pacific

Small World, Big Goals: A Home-Based Garment Worker in Delhi

From her Delhi home, Farida-ben embroiders garments for foreign retailers. Denied an education and other options, she has done this work...

City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Pune, India

Countdown 2015: an assessment of basic provision to migrant families in the urban slums of Ludhiana, North India

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

Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Trabalhadores Domiciliares em Lahore, Paquistão

City Report (English)

The struggle for outwork reform in the Australian clothing industryJournal of Australian Political Economy

Globalization and Economic Reform as Seen From the Ground: SEWA’s Experience in India

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Tracking Study of Cambodian Garment Sector Workers Affected by the Global Economic Crisis: Benchmarking Survey Report

Left behind to farm? Women’s labor reallocation in rural China

Middle-class activism and the politics of the informal working class – A perspective on class relations and civil society in Indian cities

Abstract: This article compares political activism amongst members of the middle class and the informal working class in three Indian cities,...

Networking Grassroots Efforts to Improve Safety and Health in Informal Economy Workplaces in AsiaIndustrial Health