
All posts in Asia & the Pacific
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Journal Articles
Africa’s World Trade: Informal Economies and Globalization from Below.
Are Africa’s world markets really contributing to development across the continent for individuals, nations and regions? This is the...
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Books & Book Chapters
The Self-Employed Women’s Association
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Policy Briefs
Health Insurance in India: The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana
This policy brief explores the challenges faced by India’s poor workers in using the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), the largest...
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Technical Briefs
How to Assess Security of Tenure and Emulate Mortgages for Financing Semi-Formal Homes: Lessons from Mahila Housing SEWA Trust
Nohn and Bhatt’s Technical Brief examines how the Mahila Housing Trust (MHT) has tackled the issue of housing loans in contexts of tenure...
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Journal Articles
The Making of “World-Class” Delhi: Relations Between Street Hawkers and the New Middle Class.Antipode
Urban India is undergoing transformation as formal electoral politics increasingly favors the new middle class. Scholarship tends to compartmentalize...
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Resource Documents
Promoting Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Lessons From Five Countries
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Research Reports
Labour Policy 2010
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Journal Articles
The effects of outsourcing on occupational health and safety: A comparative study of factory-based workers and outworkers in the Australian clothing industry
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Books & Book Chapters
The Politics of Urban Space in Mumbai: 'Citizens' versus the Urban Poor
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Research Reports
Empowering Women in an Insecure World. Joining SEWA Makes a Difference.
Abstract: This paper examines what significance membership in SEWA has. SEWA, a trade union of self-employed poor women, uses several strategies...
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