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  • Policy Briefs

    Integrating Waste Pickers into Municipal Solid Waste Management in Pune, India

    No person should have to be immersed in solid waste for their livelihood, yet every day hundreds of thousands of informal waste pickers in...

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  • Research Reports

    City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Home-Based Workers in Ahmedabad, India

    In Ahmedabad, WIEGO partnered with the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) to carry out this study. This report outlines key findings...

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  • Research Reports

    Executive Summary: Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Waste Pickers

    The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide credible, grounded evidence of the range of driving forces, both positive...

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  • Research Reports

    Empowering Home-based Workers in India: Strategies and Solutions

    This publication is an outcome of a grant from the Tata Trusts to the Harvard University South Asia Institute for a project on ‘Livelihood...

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  • Research Reports

    Street Vendors in Asia: A Review

    This paper aims to review recent research on street vendors in Asia with the purpose of assessing the magnitude of street vending in different...

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  • Research Reports

    Hawkers and the Urban Informal Sector: A Study of Street Vending in Seven Cities

    The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of the problems of street vendors in urban areas. The study discusses the profession...

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  • Journal Articles

    Left behind to farm? Women’s labor reallocation in rural China

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  • Journal Articles

    Middle-class activism and the politics of the informal working class – A perspective on class relations and civil society in Indian cities

    Abstract: This article compares political activism amongst members of the middle class and the informal working class in three Indian cities,...

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  • Journal Articles

    Women workers and precarious employment in Shenzen Special Economic Zone, China

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Informality and Gender in the Labour Market for Muslims in India: Has education been a route out of poverty?

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