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  • Statistical Briefs

    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...

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  • Policy Briefs

    Housing and Urban Service Needs of Home-Based Workers: Findings From a Seven-Country Study

    This policy brief considers linkages between urban infrastructure and livelihood issues for home-based workers. It is based on a series of...

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  • Journal Articles

    One Step Forward or More Window Dressing? A Legal Analysis of Recent CSR Initiatives in the Garment Industry in BangladeshInternational Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations

    Abstract: The Bangladesh ready-made garment industry has recently been the scene of a number of major accidents, with the collapse of the...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Chains of Fortune: Linking Women Producers and Workers with Global Markets

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  • Working Papers

    Informality in South Asia: A Review

    This paper seeks to explore the diversity of the informal economy across five countries in South Asia: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan,...

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  • Policy/Position Documents

    Decent Work for Homeworkers in Global Supply Chains Platform of Demands

    Advocacy MaterialThousands of homeworkers contributed, directly or indirectly, to the demands contained in this Platform.

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  • Project Reports

    Technology and the Future of Work: Experiences of informal waste workers and street vendors in Dhaka, Lima, and Nairobi

    “Through  a  year-long  project  supported  by  the  Rockefeller  Foundation, Practical  Action  and  WIEGO  (Women  in  Informal ...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: Bangladesh leather industry exposes workers to toxic hazards

    From PBS NewsHour: “Rotting animal hides and toxic chemicals. That’s the stench emanating from a neighborhood in Bangladesh’s...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Promotion of Decent Work for Homebased Workers

    With a vision of improving living standards and securing workplace rights, decent work environments, living wages, and fostering social dialogue...

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  • Organization

    Labour at Informal Economy (LIE)

    Labour at Informal Economy (LIE) is a membership-based organization that represents 2,865 workers who work as street vendors, waste pickers,...

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