Asia & the Pacific

Health Financing and Delivery in India: An Overview of Selected Schemes

This paper analyzes some of India’s most prominent heath insurance schemes from the perspective of poor informal women workers, a specific...

Politics of archiving: hawkers and pavement dwellers in Calcutta.Dialectical Anthropology

In the last decade, several influential scholars have rigorously worked on the impact of neoliberal globalization on the poor in the cities...

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Pakistan and Ravi Town, Lahore

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Statistics on Home-Based Workers in Nepal

This brief presents estimates of homebased workers in Nepal, certain characteristics of their work, their age distribution and family composition....

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...

Report of the Working Group on Occupational Safety and Health for the 12th Five Year Plan, 2012-2017

Measuring the Informal Economy