Asia & the Pacific

The Challenge of Employment in India: An Informal Economy Perspective

Um resumo dos resultados da pesquisa sobre o cuidado das crianças e trabalhadoras informais de 6 organizações de base (OBs) de trabalhadoras/es pobres

Esta publicação é um resumo de “Nossos filhos não recebem a atenção que merecem”: Um resumo dos resultados da pesquisa sobre...

India’s National Policy on Urban Street Vendors

India is one of very few countries to have developed a National Policy on Urban Street Vendors. Adopted in 2004, its objective is to promote...

Informal Workers and Collective Bargaining: Five Case Studies

This brief summarizes the findings of a set of case studies of collective bargaining by informal workers in five different countries. Included...

Policy Recommendations, Informal Economy Monitoring Study – Ahmedabad’s Street Vendors: Realities & Recommendations

Defying NGO-ization?: Lessons in Livelihood Resilience Observed Among Involuntarily Displaced Women in Mumbai, IndiaWorld Development

Summary: This article focuses on how a group of women involuntarily displaced from Mumbai’s slums managed the resulting sizeable disruptions...

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...

Reality and Analysis: Personal and Technical Reflections on the Working Lives of Six Women

Home Based Work in India: A Disappearing Continuum of Dependence?

Paper presented at the EGDI and UNU-WIDER Conference Unlocking Human Potential: Linking the Informal and Formal Sectors, September 17-18...

Part I: The Making and Unmaking of a Model Market for Street Vendors