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Research Reports
Female Business Ownership and Informal Sector Persistence
This paper shows that a substantial share of the persistence in India’s unorganized manufacturing sector is due to the rapid increase...
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Journal Articles
Weapons of the Urban Weak: Democracy and Resistance to Eviction in Bangkok Slum CommunitiesSojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia
Abstract: This paper takes a careful look at resistance to eviction in Bangkok slum communities. When an unstable parliamentary regime replaced...
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Research Reports
City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Home-Based Workers in Bangkok, Thailand
In Bangkok, WIEGO partnered with HomeNet Thailand to carry out this study. This report outlines key findings and policy recommendations for...
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Research Reports
Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Home-Based Workers
This is the Executive Summary of the full Sector Report that synthesizes qualitative and quantitative data from the first (2012) round of...
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Journal Articles
Growth, Structural Change and Wage Rates in Rural India
Examining the structural transformation in India and its developed states to know whether they have passed the Lewis turning point, this...
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Research Reports
What explains gender differences in India? What can be done to promote shared prosperity?
Although its economic development has been impressive, recent events have sparked debate about India’s gender inequality. This column argues...
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Journal Articles
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...
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Journal Articles
Legal reforms for the self-employed: three urban cases
Four out of five urban workers in modern India are engaged in the informal economy, and half of these are self-employed. This article examines...
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Research Reports
Nossos filhosnão recebem a atenção que merecem
Esta publicação relata os resultados de uma pesquisa em cinco cidades, que examinava o acesso das trabalhadoras informais ao cuidado de crianças...
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Policy Briefs
India’s National Policy on Urban Street Vendors
India is one of very few countries to have developed a National Policy on Urban Street Vendors. Adopted in 2004, its objective is to promote...
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