Region: Asia & the Pacific

Non-regular Employment and Gaps in Statistics in Japan

Paper for the WIEGO meeting on “Measuring Informal Employment in Developed Countries” 31 October-1 November 2008, Harvard University

Easing the Barriers to Formality: Registration Procedures for Microenterprises and Handicraft Exports in CambodiaInformal Economy, Poverty, and Employment: Cambodia Series

Public Disclosure, Reputation Sensitivity, and Labor Law Compliance: Evidence from Better Factories CambodiaReview of Development Economics

This article is included in a special issue of the journal which includes 11 articles focused on informality. 

Participatory Policy Making: Lessons from Thailand’s Universal Coverage Scheme

This policy brief draws out lessons from the Thai health reform process which are relevant to both policy makers and organizations of informal...

Social Security for Street Vendors

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Ahmedabad, India

Labour Market Vulnerability in Urban China-The Indian Journal of Labour Economics

This paper tries to measure the vulnerability in urban labour markets by introducing a new form, wherein job security and social security...

Monetary Policy and Informal FinanceEconomic and Political Weekly

This article utilises state-level data for 1961-2012 to examine the interlinkage between informal finance and monetary policy. The analysis...

The Indian labour market: A gender perspective

This paper provides an in-depth analysis of trends in labour market outcomes of women in India based on unit level data sets of employment...

Informality and the state’s ambivalence in the regulation of street vending in transforming Guangzhou, ChinaGeoforum

Street vending faces uncertain state responses in contemporary Chinese cities, though it plays an important role in sustaining the livelihood...