Asia & the Pacific

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....

The Investment Climate for Female Informal Businesses: A Case Study from Urban and Rural India

Flexibility of Labour in Globalizing India

Part II: The Making and Unmaking of a Model Market for Street Vendors

Earning their keep and keeping what they earn: A critique of organizing strategies for South Asian women in the informal sector

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Employee and union inputs into occupational health and safety measures in Chinese factories

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Measuring the Informal Economy

Unorganised Sector Workforce in India: Trends, Patterns and Social Security Coverage

Exposure Dialogue Programme – Personal Reflection

The Politics of Classification and the Complexity of Governance in Census Towns

Spontaneous urbanisation through the transfer of capital from the agricultural sector to the commercial sector has given rise to a large...