Region: Asia & the Pacific

Street Vendors in the Urban EconomyIndia International Centre Quarterly

In most Indian cities the urban poor survive by working in the informal economy. Poverty and lack of gainful employment in the rural areas...

From Revanchism to Ambivalence: The Changing Politics of Street Vending in Guangzhou.Antipode

By focusing on Guangzhou’s street-vending policy transformation, this article explores how exclusionary practices of urban politics...

The Regularization of Street Vending in Bhubaneshwar, India: A Policy Model

After years of conflict between street traders and local authorities, the city of Bhubaneshwar, India developed a public, private and community...

Home-Based Workers in India: Statistics and Trends

This brief presents numbers and analysis of home-based workers in India from 1999-00 to 2011-12. It is based on data collected by the National...

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.  

Managing Resources, Activities, and Risk in Urban India: The Impact of SEWA Bank

Social Protection for Informal Workers in the Garment Industry: Philippines and Thailand

Globalization and Securing Rights for Women Informal Workers in Asia

Women in the Indian Informal Economy: Collective Strategies for Work Life Improvement and Development

Neither Seen Nor Heard: South Asia’s Millions of Home-based Workers

Home-based workers in South Asia number in the tens of millions and are essential to many industries, yet remain invisible and disregarded...