Asia & the Pacific

Are Ethical Initiatives Successful in the Indian Garment Industry? A Focus on Homeworkers

Development Viewpoint, No. 83

IPRs for FarmersEconomic and Political Weekly

A number of state agencies and non-governmental organisations have come forward to facilitate farmers/breeders to register their crop varieties...

Positioning women homeworkers in a global footwear production network: How can homeworkers improve agency, influence and claim rights?The Journal of Industrial Relations

Abstract: This article analyses the position of women footwear homeworkers, using global production networks as a conceptual lens. Using...

Sidewalk Informality: An Examination of Street Vending Regulation in ChinaInternational Planning Studies

Street vending represents a vital and growing aspect of the urban informal economy that is often the subject of municipal regulatory efforts...

Integrating Waste Pickers into Municipal Solid Waste Management in Pune, India

No person should have to be immersed in solid waste for their livelihood, yet every day hundreds of thousands of informal waste pickers in...

City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Home-Based Workers in Ahmedabad, India

In Ahmedabad, WIEGO partnered with the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) to carry out this study. This report outlines key findings...

Executive Summary: Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Waste Pickers

The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide credible, grounded evidence of the range of driving forces, both positive...

Empowering Home-based Workers in India: Strategies and Solutions

This publication is an outcome of a grant from the Tata Trusts to the Harvard University South Asia Institute for a project on ‘Livelihood...

Globalization and Economic Reform as Seen From the Ground: SEWA’s Experience in India

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Tracking Study of Cambodian Garment Sector Workers Affected by the Global Economic Crisis: Benchmarking Survey Report