All posts in Asia & the Pacific
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Journal Articles
India’s Informal Workers and Social Protection
A publication of the Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania
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Low Pay Among Wage Earners and the Self-employed in IndiaInternational Labour Review
Abstract: While inequality and poverty in India have been much studied, little attention has been given to the underlying role of the labour...
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Research Reports
Social Security for Informal Economy Workers in Indonesia: Looking for Flexible and Highly Targeted Programmes
In Indonesia about 17% of the employed population enjoys formal social security mainly employees of the formal sector. With respect to health...
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Books & Book Chapters
Social Protection as Development Policy: Asian Perspectives
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Research Reports
Female Business Ownership and Informal Sector Persistence
This paper shows that a substantial share of the persistence in India’s unorganized manufacturing sector is due to the rapid increase...
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Weapons of the Urban Weak: Democracy and Resistance to Eviction in Bangkok Slum CommunitiesSojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia
Abstract: This paper takes a careful look at resistance to eviction in Bangkok slum communities. When an unstable parliamentary regime replaced...
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Research Reports
City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Home-Based Workers in Bangkok, Thailand
In Bangkok, WIEGO partnered with HomeNet Thailand to carry out this study. This report outlines key findings and policy recommendations for...
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Research Reports
Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Home-Based Workers
This is the Executive Summary of the full Sector Report that synthesizes qualitative and quantitative data from the first (2012) round of...
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Growth, Structural Change and Wage Rates in Rural India
Examining the structural transformation in India and its developed states to know whether they have passed the Lewis turning point, this...
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Research Reports
What explains gender differences in India? What can be done to promote shared prosperity?
Although its economic development has been impressive, recent events have sparked debate about India’s gender inequality. This column argues...
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