Region: Asia & the Pacific

A new generation of Bangkok Street vendors: Economic crisis as opportunity and threatCities

In 1997, the financial crisis seriously damaged the Thai economy and led to the closing of many companies. Previously, it had been believed...

Towards Economic Freedom: The Impact of SEWA

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Health Insurance in India: The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana

This policy brief explores the challenges faced by India’s poor workers in using the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), the largest...

Forging a New Conceptualization of “The Public” in Waste Management

The involvement of informal workers in municipal service delivery is generally theorized and studied as a key component of a neoliberal privatization...

Crossing the Divide: Precarious Work and the Future of Labour

this book shows how innovative organisational strategies are emerging in the Global South to bridge the widening divide between the formal...

IDRC Final Report: Legal Empowerment of the Working Poor

Summary of three-country study of law and the working poor, funded by IDRC (November 2011-March 2013)

Working Paper 14: Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Pakistan and Ravi Town, Lahore

The bulk of Pakistan’s workforce is unorganized, and the data available do not depict the true picture, particularly of the number of women...

Bangkok’s Foodscape: Public Eating, Gender Relations and Urban Change

Report on Conditions of Work and Promotion of Livelihoods in the Unorganised Sector

Urban India 2011: Evidence