Asia & the Pacific

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

The Welfare Fund Model of Social Security for Informal Sector Workers: The Kerala Experience

CDS Working Paper, No. 332

Informal Economy: Law and Policy Demands, Lessons from the WIEGO India Pilot Study

In 2008, WIEGO initiated the Law and Informal Economy project, focusing on the legal aspects of helping informal workers with economic opportunity,...

Reconfiguring Space, Mobilizing Livelihood: Street Vending, Legality, and Work in the Philippines

In the Philippines, the liberalization of the country’s economy has meant increasing rural to urban migration and dramatic growth in informal...

Report of the Independent Group on Home-Based Workers

A large section of the national workforce is predominantly home-based workers who tend to remain invisible, both physically as they are working...

Insecurities of Informal Workers in Gujarat, India

Homeworkers in Thailand and Legal Rights Protections

The Regularising State

This article discusses a form of informality widely prevalent in small and medium cities in Maharashtra, called gunthewari. It is an examination...

Ahmedabad’s BRT System: A Sustainable Urban Transport Panacea?Economic and Political Weekly

The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission and the National Urban Transport Policy have given a boost to bus rapid transit systems...

Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Catadores e Catadoras em Pune, na Índia

City Report (English)