Region: Asia & the Pacific

Livelihoods With Dignity

Decent work deficits in informal economy: Case of Surat

Work and Economic Security in the 21st Century: What Can We Learn From Ela Bhatt?

This paper is the result of research on SEWA including an interview with Ela Bhatt, conducted by Edward Webster, Professor Emeritus at the...

Providing Sustainable Livelihood For Women through Social Enterprise: Maid In IndiaThe Development Review

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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...

Report on Situation of Domestic Workers in Thailand in 2012

Territorial Legends: Politics of Indigeneity, Migration, and Urban Citizenship in Pasighat

Exploring how the policy of protection of indigenous people works on the ground in Pasighat, a town in Arunachal Pradesh, this paper brings...

Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Home-Based Workers

This report synthesizes qualitative and quantitative data from the first (2012) round of IEMS fieldwork in the home-based work sector in...

City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Waste Pickers in Pune, India

Informality, Returns to Education and Labour Market Integration in China-The Indian Journal of Labour Economics

This study analyses data from household surveys in six large Chinese cities in 2010 to describe the nature of informal employment and estimate...