Asia & the Pacific

Headstrong: Profile of a Headloader in Ahmedabad, India

A leader among headloaders in Ahmedabad’s busy textile market, Shanta Bababahi Bhalerao knows firstand how belonging to the growing...

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors

Understanding the diffusion modes of grassroots innovations in India: A study of Honey Bee Network supported innovators

Abstract: In this paper we examine the outcomes and connections of preferences of the non-formal innovators identified by the Honey Bee Network...

Home-Based Workers in Bangladesh: Statistics and Trends

This brief presents estimates of home-based workers in Bangladesh based on two rounds of labour force surveys (nationally representative...

SWaCH

Solid Waste Collection and Handling or, officially, the SWaCH Seva Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit, Pune. SWaCH Coop is India’s first wholly-owned...

Social Protection in India: Issues and Challenges (Beijing presentation)

Beijing workshop presentation for the China-India project, “Informal Employment, Poverty and Growth in India and China”

Social Protection in India: Issues and Challenges (Delhi presentation)

Delhi workshop presentation for the China-India project, “Informal Employment, Poverty and Growth in India and China”

Tea Vending in India – Informal Economy and Urbanization

A personal account of a tea vendor, his family, and the Radisson Hotel in Ahmedabad.

A Beijing Recycler’s Life

This video follows recyclers in Beijing and shares the work they have been doing for 20 years. The video is in Chinese with English subtitles....

TERRAVIVA: Informal Economy Street Vending in Asia

As described on the ILO website, this is “a special edition of the independent newspaper TERRAVIVA on an ILO theme seminar focusing...