Region: Asia & the Pacific

A Measurement of Vulnerability in Transition Labor Market

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

Documentation of Non-standard Employment in Japan

Presentation for the WIEGO meeting on “Measuring Informal Employment in Developed Countries” 31 October-1 November 2008, Harvard University ...

Women, Work and Peace

This presentation includes two speeches given on the occasion of Ela Bhatt’s receipt of the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament...

Organizing Informal Waste Pickers in Bengaluru, India

This case study reviews efforts to organize waste pickers in Bangalore city, Southern India by a network of non-governmental organizations.  ...

Case Study: Mrs Buala Kaen-kwang (Gem Cutting)

Footpath Ki Aawaz August 2 2014

In this issue:NASVI Executive Committee MeetingStreet Food InitiativeLegal CombatSurvey of Street VendorsUpcoming Events

Footpath Ki Aawaz, February 2015

Monthly newsletter for the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI).In this issue:Massive Protest by Street Vendors at all...

Autocapacitação para alcançar mercados: Didi Bahini Sewa Samaj. HomeNet, Nepal

A Didi Bahini Sewa Samaj apoia trabalhadores urbanos em domicílio através de treinamento, serviços de crédito e poupança e oportunidades...

Technology & the Future of Informal Work: Case Studies from India and South Africa

Presentation made by Martha Chen to the MIT Technology Evaluation Group on initial findings from on the “Technology & the Future...

VIDEO: Why a Waste Picker from Quito Is Fighting to be Included in The New Urban Agenda

By 2030, two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities. Next City’s journalists were in Surabaya, Indonesia, talking...