Region: Asia & the Pacific

A summary of research findings on women informal workers and child care from six membership-based organizations

This publication is a summary of “Our children do not get the attention they deserve”: A synthesis of research finding on women informal...

Trabalhadoras Informais se Mobilizando pelo Cuidado das Crianças

Trabalhadoras Informais se Mobilizando pelo Cuidado das Crianças argumenta que benefícios à maternidade e os serviços de cuidado infantil...

Resistance and Compliance in the Age of Globalization: Indian Women and Labor Organizations

Abstract: This article summarizes findings obtained through ethnographic research conducted in three states in India between 2002 and 2004....

Innovative Practices for the Urban Informal Economy

An expert group meeting was convened to discuss case studies of regulatory inform of the urban informal sector in six developing country...

Politics of archiving: hawkers and pavement dwellers in Calcutta.Dialectical Anthropology

In the last decade, several influential scholars have rigorously worked on the impact of neoliberal globalization on the poor in the cities...

If Street Food Disappears — Projecting the Cost for Consumers in Bangkok

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Pakistan and Ravi Town, Lahore

Urdu Translation

We are Poor but So Many: The Story of Self-Employed Women in India

Social Protection for Informal Workers: Insecurities, Instruments and Institutional Mechanisms

Avoiding informality traps

Draft paper for E. Ghani (Ed.), Reshaping tomorrow: Positioning South Asia for the big leap