Region: India

Countdown 2015: an assessment of basic provision to migrant families in the urban slums of Ludhiana, North India

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

Report on Conditions of Work and Promotion of Livelihoods in the Unorganised Sector

Trading Our Way Up: Women Organizing for Fair Trade

This book details the findings of the multicountry action research project Women Organizing for Fair Trade, funded by the Dutch Ministry...

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,...

Providing Sustainable Livelihood For Women through Social Enterprise: Maid In IndiaThe Development Review

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Legal and Policy Tools to Meet Informal Workers Demands: Lessons from India

This brief draws on a two-year Indian study detailing how legal and policy tools have been used or can be used to address the diverse concerns...

Innovative Practices for the Urban Informal Economy

An expert group meeting was convened to discuss case studies of regulatory inform of the urban informal sector in six developing country...

The Beedi Industry in India: An Overview

A report on Improving Working Conditions and Employment Opportunities for Women Workers in Beedi Industry by Best Practices Foundation for...

Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Street Vendors

This report synthesizes qualitative and quantitative data from the first (2012) round of IEMS fieldwork in the street vendor sector in five...

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...