Region: Asia & the Pacific

Governing urbanization and the New Urbanization Plan in China

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO. 

An Economic Sociology of Informal Work: The Case of India

Small World, Big Goals: A Home-Based Garment Worker in Delhi

From her Delhi home, Farida-ben embroiders garments for foreign retailers. Denied an education and other options, she has done this work...

Technology, informal workers and cities: insights from Ahmedabad (India), Durban (South Africa) and Lima (Peru)

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.

Creating Quality Jobs in China

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

Women in China Urban Labor Market

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

Provide a Better Service, the Rest Will Follow: SWaCH PCMC Brings Waste Pickers into Mainstream

In Pune, KKPKP (the waste pickers’ union) has fought long and hard to bring about a gradual change in peoples’ attitude towards waste pickers....

The Toughest Place to be a Binman – Jakarta

London bin man Wilbur Ramirez struggles on his first day working in Jakarta, in the Toughest Place to be a Binman. The program was broadcast...

Karmika School for Construction Workers

According to SEWA, “SEWA decided to set up  Karmika School for Construction Workers (KSCW) at Ahmedabad, Gujarat in 2003 with the objective...

Government Resource: Hong Kong Hawker Control

Overview of laws and policies governing hawkers in Hong Kong, China