India

Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Home-Based Workers

This report synthesizes qualitative and quantitative data from the first (2012) round of IEMS fieldwork in the home-based work sector in...

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors

Industrial Conflict in India in the Post-Reform Period

The processes of liberalisation, globalisation, and privatisation were expected to weaken the bargaining power of workers vis-à-vis employers...

Cooling Agents: An Examination of the role of the Informal Recycling Sector in Mitigating Climate Change

Intuition and common sense suggest that recycling waste mitigates greenhouse gases. Now, data from all over the developed world shows this...

Sumário Executivo: Relatório do Setor Estudo de Monitoramento de Economia Informal: Catadores

Um resumo dos resultados da pesquisa sobre o cuidado das crianças e trabalhadoras informais de 6 organizações de base (OBs) de trabalhadoras/es pobres

Esta publicação é um resumo de “Nossos filhos não recebem a atenção que merecem”: Um resumo dos resultados da pesquisa sobre...

Empowering Home-based Workers in India: Strategies and Solutions

This publication is an outcome of a grant from the Tata Trusts to the Harvard University South Asia Institute for a project on ‘Livelihood...

The Politics of Urban Space in Mumbai: ‘Citizens’ versus the Urban Poor

SEWA Social Security: Organizing Women Workers for Insurance and Health Services

Strategies and Tools against Social Exclusion and Poverty Programme

Understanding Gender Inequalities in Wages and Incomes in India