Region: Asia & the Pacific

Informality as the Bane of the Laboring Poor Under Globalized Capitalism

Note from the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference. 

An Economic Sociology of Informal Work: The Case of India

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...

Technology, informal workers and cities: insights from Ahmedabad (India), Durban (South Africa) and Lima (Peru)

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

Budget Brief 1: Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Philippines and Quezon City

  This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series.   View list of all WIEGO briefs.

Hawkers and the Urban Informal Sector: A Study of Street Vending in Seven Cities

The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of the problems of street vendors in urban areas. The study discusses the profession...

Continuing gender stereotypes or signs of change: Occupational pattern of women workers

Informal Sector and Informal Employment: Overview of Data for 11 Cities in 10 Developing Countries

This paper presents tabulations on informal employment in urban areas of 10 developing countries: Abidjan, Antananarivo, Bamako, Cotonou,...

Developing an Action-based Health and Safety Training Project in Southern China

Contribution of Women to the National Economy

In the context of growing gender inequalities and the consequential adverse impacts on the well-being of the society, gender issues have...