Asia & the Pacific

Rags, Riches and Women Workers: Export-oriented Garment Manufacturing in Bangladesh

Female employment under export-propelled industrialization: Prospects for internalizing global opportuninites in the apparel sector in Bangladesh

The great transformation in the setting of Asia

Address delivered at the 57th Anniversary of the International Institute of Social Studies, 29 October 2009

Gender and Globalization: Opportunities and Constraints Faced by Women in the Construction Industry in India

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Power in Global Value Chains: Implications for Employment and Livelihoods in the Cashew Nut Industry in India

Non-regular Employment and Gaps in Statistics in Japan

Paper for the WIEGO meeting on “Measuring Informal Employment in Developed Countries” 31 October-1 November 2008, Harvard University

Constraints on Policy Making Towards the Informal Economy in Indonesia: Lessons of the Current Decade

This study was undertaken as part of an effort to draw out policy lessons learnt since the systemic shock triggered by the 1997/98 crisis,...

The Informal Sector and Informal Employment in Indonesia

This report contains the findings of the 2009 National Labor Force Survey (Sakernas) (second round conducted on 8–1 August 2009) and the...

Organized Labour and Economic Liberalization – India: past, present and future

Social protection for women homeworkers: a case of healthcare services in Thailand