Asia & the Pacific

Homeworkers in Thailand and Legal Rights Protections

On the Charts, Off the Tracks: Disconnected Development in Ambur Town, Tamil Nadu Economic and Political Weekly

This paper on Ambur town of Tamil Nadu, an important hub for leather goods production, catering primarily to an international market, explores...

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...

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Pune, India

City Report (English)

Industrial Conflict in India in the Post-Reform Period

The processes of liberalisation, globalisation, and privatisation were expected to weaken the bargaining power of workers vis-à-vis employers...

Growth in GVA of Indian ManufacturingEconomic and Political Weekly

Two comments on “Growth in Gross Value Added of Indian Manufacturing: 2011-12 Series vs 2004-05 Series” (EPW, 23 May 2015) question...

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...

Informal Employment: Rethinking Workforce Development

Special Issue on Unorganized WorkersThe Indian Journal of Industrial Relations

The informal economy has always existed in India, but it was seen neither as an important part of the economy, nor as a theoretical category...