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....

Bangkok’s Foodscape: Public Eating, Gender Relations and Urban Change

Hawkers and the Urban Informal Sector: A Study of Street Vending in Seven Cities

The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of the problems of street vendors in urban areas. The study discusses the profession...

Extending the Coverage of Minimum Wages in India: Simulations from Household Data

Conditions of Work and Employment Series, No. 26

Reshaping the social contract: emerging relations between the state and informal labor in India

Abstract: This article focuses on informal construction and bidi (local tobacco) workers in India. Informal workers in these sectors can...

Trends and Processes of Urbanisation in India

10 Years of the Better Factories Cambodia Project

From Clean Clothes Campaign: Started in 2001, the goal of the Better Factories program is to improve the working conditions in Cambodian...

Through the Magnifying Glass: Women’s Work and Labour Force Participation in Urban Delhi

A Handbook on Using the Mixed Survey for Measuring Informal Employment and the Informal Sector

This Handbook is based on the experience of the the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in implementing a two -part “mixed “survey...

Impact of Price Rise on Poor Households