Region: India

Supporting Women Home-Based Workers: The Approach of the Self-Employed Womens, Association in India

The Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) of India is a national labour union that organizes women, workers in the informal economy...

Report on Scrap Collectors, Scrap Traders, and Recycling Enterprises in Pune

Patterns and Practices of Spatial Transformation in Non-Metros: The Case of Tiruchengode

Urban transformation in Tiruchengode town in Tamil Nadu has been predominantly driven by processes internal to it. It has been driven by...

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Home-Based Workers in Ahmedabad, India

Measuring Informality of Employment in Urban India-The Indian Journal of Labour Economics

In recent years, there has been an effort to clearly define informality along two axes, the legal status of the enterprise, that is, the...

Monetary Policy and Informal FinanceEconomic and Political Weekly

This article utilises state-level data for 1961-2012 to examine the interlinkage between informal finance and monetary policy. The analysis...

Positioning women homeworkers in a global footwear production network: How can homeworkers improve agency, influence and claim rights?The Journal of Industrial Relations

Abstract: This article analyses the position of women footwear homeworkers, using global production networks as a conceptual lens. Using...

“We beat the path by walking” Part II: Three construction projects that advanced the learning and credibility of the Indian AllianceEnvironment and Urbanization

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

Managing Resources, Activities, and Risk in Urban India: The Impact of SEWA Bank

Estimating Domestic Workers, Home-Based Workers, Street Vendors and Waste Pickers in India