Asia & the Pacific

Participatory Training to Improve Safety and Health in Small Construction Sites in Some Countries in Asia: Development and Application of the WISCON Training Program

Abstract: A participatory training program, Work Improvement in Small Construction Sites, was developed to provide practical support measures...

Governing urbanization and the New Urbanization Plan in China

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

Cornell-SEWA-WIEGO 2008 Dialogue – Ahmedabad and Delhi – Compendium of Personal and Technical Notes

Sumário Executivo: Trabalhadoras Domiciliares em Ahmedabad, na Índia

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...

Crossing the Divide: Precarious Work and the Future of Labour

this book shows how innovative organisational strategies are emerging in the Global South to bridge the widening divide between the formal...

Organizing Informal Women Workers

Paper prepared for UNRISD Gender Policy Report.Abstract:

Social Protection for Informal Workers in the Garment Industry: Philippines and Thailand

Understanding Gender Inequalities in Wages and Incomes in India

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Brazil, Pakistan, Peru and Philippines

This paper brings together the findings from four country papers on informal economy budget analysis. Informal economy budget analysis asks...