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  • Home-Based Workers, Lahore, Pakistan, 2014 Post
    Building Collective Power February 10, 2023

    The Journey Towards Recognition and Rights for Home-Based Workers in Pakistan

    Home-based workers in Pakistan’s Sindh province achieved a historic victory with legislation that gives approximately 5 million home-based...

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  • Organizing Briefs

    The Journey from “Factories in Homes” to Legal Recognition and Rights for Home-Based Workers in Pakistan

    This brief discusses the struggle of home-based workers in Pakistan to realize the rights enshrined in the Sindh Home-Based Workers Act of...

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  • News

    Open Letter to European Union Policymakers

    As the world reels from the devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, where supply chains and workers’ livelihoods were brought to a grinding...

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  • Pakistan home-based worker - cover photo SB26 Statistical Briefs

    Home-Based Workers in Pakistan: A Statistical Profile

    In recent years, home-based work has grown in Pakistan. This growth is due to an increase in the number of women doing home-based work, while...

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  • Research Reports

    Pakistan’s Hidden Workers

    From the Executive Summary: “The aim of the research was to map and trace supply chains in Pakistan’s informal economy; to identify...

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  • Briefs

    Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Pakistan and Ravi Town, Lahore

      This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series.   View list of all WIEGO briefs.

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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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  • WIEGO Publication Series

    Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Brazil, Pakistan, Peru and Philippines

    This paper brings together the findings from four country papers on informal economy budget analysis. Informal economy budget analysis asks...

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  • WIEGO Publication Series

    Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Pakistan and Ravi Town, Lahore

    The bulk of Pakistan’s workforce is unorganized, and the data available do not depict the true picture, particularly of the number of women...

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  • Briefs

    How to Analyse Government Budgets from an Informal Economy Perspective

    Budget analysis is a powerful policy analysis tool. This technical brief provides a guide to conducting an informal economy budget analysis...

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