Asia & the Pacific

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Home-based Workers in Bangkok, Thailand

Vending in Public Space: The Case of Bangkok

This brief reviews cultural, economic, political and other broad social foundations of vending in Bangkok’s public space. It also examines...

Wages and Informal Labour Markets in India: Whither Premiums on Human Capital Investments?-The Indian Journal of Labour Economics

The labour market in India is segmented into the formal and informal sectors, with the informal sector being further heterogeneous. This...

Socio-economic status of workers of building construction industry

Industrialization with the introduction of newly developed technologies plays an important role for development of a country. Building construction...

Sumário Executivo: Relatório do Setor Estudo de Monitoramento de Economia Informal: Catadores

Um resumo dos resultados da pesquisa sobre o cuidado das crianças e trabalhadoras informais de 6 organizações de base (OBs) de trabalhadoras/es pobres

Esta publicação é um resumo de “Nossos filhos não recebem a atenção que merecem”: Um resumo dos resultados da pesquisa sobre...

Informality as the Bane of the Laboring Poor Under Globalized Capitalism

Note from the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference. 

A Spreading Banyan Tree: the Self-Employed Women’s Association, India

Sumário Executivo: Trabalhadoras Domiciliares em Ahmedabad, na Índia

Mapping India’s World of Unorganized LabourSocialist Register

Abstract: The massive unorganized sector, which contributes some 60% of GDP beyond the regulative and protective reach of the state, is one...