All posts in Asia & the Pacific
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Journal Articles
Wages and Informal Labour Markets in India: Whither Premiums on Human Capital Investments?-The Indian Journal of Labour Economics
The labour market in India is segmented into the formal and informal sectors, with the informal sector being further heterogeneous. This...
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Research Reports
Informal tradables and the employment growth of Indian manufacturing
The vast informal sector in India affects everything from poverty to growth. This column presents new facts on how Indian job growth in manufacturing...
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Journal Articles
Growth in GVA of Indian ManufacturingEconomic and Political Weekly
Two comments on “Growth in Gross Value Added of Indian Manufacturing: 2011-12 Series vs 2004-05 Series” (EPW, 23 May 2015) question...
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Research Reports
Waste Pickers Lead the Way to Zero Waste
This is a case study, published by GAIA, about waste pickers in Pune, India.
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Journal Articles
Informality and the state’s ambivalence in the regulation of street vending in transforming Guangzhou, ChinaGeoforum
Street vending faces uncertain state responses in contemporary Chinese cities, though it plays an important role in sustaining the livelihood...
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Policy Briefs
Integrating Waste Pickers into Municipal Solid Waste Management in Pune, India
No person should have to be immersed in solid waste for their livelihood, yet every day hundreds of thousands of informal waste pickers in...
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Research Reports
City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Home-Based Workers in Ahmedabad, India
In Ahmedabad, WIEGO partnered with the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) to carry out this study. This report outlines key findings...
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Research Reports
Executive Summary: Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Waste Pickers
The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide credible, grounded evidence of the range of driving forces, both positive...
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Journal Articles
Rethinking technological choices and knowledge production in the mines and on the factory floor: Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha’s experiences in central India
Abstract: This paper seeks to locate in the experiences of the Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha, a workers’ collective in Central India, an alternative...
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Research Reports
Street Vendors in Asia: A Review
This paper aims to review recent research on street vendors in Asia with the purpose of assessing the magnitude of street vending in different...
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