Region: Asia & the Pacific

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Home-based Workers in Lahore, Pakistan

The study is designed to provide credible, grounded evidence of the range of driving forces, both positive and negative, that affect the...

Corporate Capitalism in the Name of Social Security

The many schemes that have been announced in the name of social security are limited in scope and the quantum of security they prefer. The...

Economic Survey 2014-15Economic and Political Weekly

The Economic Survey is an important economic document published every year by the Ministry of Finance. This article undertakes a critical...

Participatory Training to Improve Safety and Health in Small Construction Sites in Some Countries in Asia: Development and Application of the WISCON Training Program

Abstract: A participatory training program, Work Improvement in Small Construction Sites, was developed to provide practical support measures...

Governing urbanization and the New Urbanization Plan in China

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

Informal Employment: Rethinking Workforce Development

Special Issue on Unorganized WorkersThe Indian Journal of Industrial Relations

The informal economy has always existed in India, but it was seen neither as an important part of the economy, nor as a theoretical category...

Health Financing and Delivery in India: An Overview of Selected Schemes

This paper analyzes some of India’s most prominent heath insurance schemes from the perspective of poor informal women workers, a specific...

Dynamic networks of grassroots innovators in India

Abstract: ‘Grassroots innovations’ in India are receiving increasing attention from innovation scholars and policymakers alike. These innovations...

Budget Brief 3: Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Pakistan and Ravi Town, Lahore

  This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series.   View list of all WIEGO briefs.