Asia & the Pacific

Gender and Globalization: Opportunities and Constraints Faced by Women in the Construction Industry in India

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Occupational Injury in Rural Bangladesh: Data Gathering Using Household Survey

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Paid Work, Women’s Empowerment and Inclusive Growth: Transforming the Structures of Constraint

This research paper examines the extent to which the structure of economic opportunities generated by a country’s growth strategies...

Who Should Be Accountable for the Bangladesh Building Collapse?

SEWA Project: Productivity Impact Study

SEWA has for a number of years been involved in the participatory design of work equipment prototypes for various sectors of the informal...

Homeworkers in Thailand and Legal Rights Protections

Territorial Legends: Politics of Indigeneity, Migration, and Urban Citizenship in Pasighat

Exploring how the policy of protection of indigenous people works on the ground in Pasighat, a town in Arunachal Pradesh, this paper brings...

Mapping Exercise of Home Based Workers in Maharashtra

From the paper’s introduction: “Home‐based work has a much wider scope of activity than the singular task of an individual working...

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...