Region: Thailand

A Participatory Model for Improving Occupational Health and Safety: Improving Informal Sector Working Conditions in ThailandInternational Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the implementation of an Occupational Health and Safety Management Model for informal sector workers...

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Home-Based Workers

This is the Executive Summary of the full Sector Report that synthesizes qualitative and quantitative data from the first (2012) round of...

Gender, Work Intensity, and Well-Being of Thai Home-Based WorkersFeminist Economics

Abstract: The contribution explores the time-use dimensions of the individual well-being of home-based workers in Thailand’s urban...

Housing and Urban Service Needs of Home-Based Workers: Findings From a Seven-Country Study

This policy brief considers linkages between urban infrastructure and livelihood issues for home-based workers. It is based on a series of...

Social protection for women homeworkers: a case of healthcare services in Thailand

Vending in Public Space: The Case of Bangkok

This brief reviews cultural, economic, political and other broad social foundations of vending in Bangkok’s public space. It also examines...

IDRC Final Report: Legal Empowerment of the Working Poor

Summary of three-country study of law and the working poor, funded by IDRC (November 2011-March 2013)

Extending Livelihood Opportunities and Social Protection to Empower Poor Urban Informal Workers in Asia

Report on Situation of Domestic Workers in Thailand in 2012

Our Children Do Not Get the Attention They Deserve

This report presents the results of a five-city research study examining informal women workers’ access to child care in Brazil, Ghana,...