Asia & the Pacific

Walking and Cycling in Indian Cities: A Struggle for Reclaiming Road Edges

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...

The Oppressive Labour Conditions of the Working Poor in the Peripheral Segments of India’s Garment Sector

Development Viewpoint, No. 81

Bringing Back Social ForestryEconomic and Political Weekly

India’s social forestry programme promised much in the late-1970s and mid-1980s. It became the programme to be emulated for many developing...

Work-focused Responses to Disasters: India’s Self Employed Women’s Association

A new generation of Bangkok Street vendors: Economic crisis as opportunity and threatCities

In 1997, the financial crisis seriously damaged the Thai economy and led to the closing of many companies. Previously, it had been believed...

Cornell-SEWA-WIEGO 2008 Dialogue – Ahmedabad and Delhi – Compendium of Personal and Technical Notes

Sumário Executivo: Trabalhadoras Domiciliares em Ahmedabad, na Índia

From Green Revolution to Rural Industrial Revolution in South IndiaEconomic and Political Weekly

Abstract: The economic reforms of the 1990s have deprioritised the agricultural sector and also diverted attention away from scholarly concerns...

Crossing the Divide: Precarious Work and the Future of Labour

this book shows how innovative organisational strategies are emerging in the Global South to bridge the widening divide between the formal...