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Statistical Briefs
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....
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Books & Book Chapters
Bangkok’s Foodscape: Public Eating, Gender Relations and Urban Change
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Research Reports
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...
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Research Reports
Extending the Coverage of Minimum Wages in India: Simulations from Household Data
Conditions of Work and Employment Series, No. 26
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Journal Articles
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...
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Research Reports
Trends and Processes of Urbanisation in India
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Research Reports
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...
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Journal Articles
Through the Magnifying Glass: Women’s Work and Labour Force Participation in Urban Delhi
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Books & Book Chapters
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...
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Research Reports
Impact of Price Rise on Poor Households
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