Region: Asia & the Pacific

Co-operatives and Workers in the Informal Economy: Possibilities and Challenges

Co-operatives and Workers in the Informal Economy: Possibilities and Challenges” is an initial study of co-operatives and their relationships...

Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Trabalhadores Domiciliares em Lahore, Paquistão

City Report (English)

Pune’s Waste Pickers: Realities & Recommendations

Growth and Inequality in the Distribution of India’s Consumption Expenditure: 1983 to 2009-10Economic and Political Weekly

This paper undertakes an assessment of the evolution of inequality in the distribution of consumption expenditure in India over the last...

Promoting Occupational Safety and Health for Cambodian Entertainment Sector Workers

Abstract: Cambodia has developed booming textile, garment, tourism, and entertainment service industries since the mid-1990s. The 2007 global...

Drivers of urban sprawl in urbanizing China – a political ecology analysisEnvironment and Urbanization

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO. 

Working Women and Security: Self Employed Women’s Association’s Response to Crisis

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Informal Employment in India and China

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...

Redefined Labour Spaces: Organising Workers in Post-Liberalised India

This book discusses the transformation of labour movements and trade unionism in post-liberalised India. It looks at emerging collectivism,...