India

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...

Poverty and Social Protection in Urban India: Targeting Efficiency and Poverty Impacts of the Targeted Public Distribution SystemThe Indian Journal of Labour Economics

This paper draws on household survey data in two Indian cities, Delhi and Ranchi to study key issues related to poverty and social protection...

Urbanization and Agglomeration Benefits: Gender Differentiated Impacts on Enterprise Creation in India’s Informal Sector

This paper presents an exploration at the intersection of four important themes in the current development discourse: urbanization, agglomeration...

Executive Summary: Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Waste Pickers

The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) is designed to provide credible, grounded evidence of the range of driving forces, both positive...

Nossos filhosnão recebem a atenção que merecem

Esta publicação relata os resultados de uma pesquisa em cinco cidades, que examinava o acesso das trabalhadoras informais ao cuidado de crianças...

Rethinking technological choices and knowledge production in the mines and on the factory floor: Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha’s experiences in central India

Abstract: This paper seeks to locate in the experiences of the Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha, a workers’ collective in Central India, an alternative...

Garment Makers

Booklet entitled Self-Employed Women: A Profile of SEWA’s Membership. The booklet features a write-up on the garment workers among SEWA’s...

Informality and Vulnerability of Employment in Two cities in India

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

Alliance of Indian Wastepickers Newsletter (Hindi), August 2012

Role of CBO in Social Protection – SEWA’s Experience

This presentation shares information about Social Protection work by SEWA (Self Employed Women’s Association).