Asia & the Pacific

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...

The SEWA Movement and Rural Development: The Banaskantha and Kutch Experience

This absorbing book describes the story of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in India and its efforts in rural development...

Waste Picker Cooperatives in Developing Countries

Paper prepared for WIEGO/Cornell/SEWA Conference on Membership-Based Organizations of the Poor, Ahmedabad, India, January 2005

Tracking Study of Cambodian Garment Sector Workers Affected by the Global Economic Crisis: Second Tracking Survey Final Report

Child Labour in Industrial Outworker Households in India

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Philippines and Quezon City

This paper considers whether national and local government budgets in the Philippines make a difference to informal economy workers – particularly...

A Participatory Model for Improving Occupational Health and Safety: Improving Informal Sector Working Conditions in ThailandInternational Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the implementation of an Occupational Health and Safety Management Model for informal sector workers...

Providing Sustainable Livelihood For Women through Social Enterprise: Maid In IndiaThe Development Review

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Informal Labor, Formal Politics, and Dignified Discontent in India

“This is a beautifully crafted, path-breaking study that upends conventional wisdom about the relentless demise of labor movements. ...

Linking farmers to growing markets: Excerpts from a field officer’s journal in Siem Reap, Cambodia