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No Cushion to Fall Back On The Global Economic Crisis and Informal Workers – Full Report The research shows that informal enterprises and informal wage workers are affected in many of the same ways as formal firms and formal wage... Read More
The Informal Sector and Informal Employment in Armenia This report contains the findings of the mixed-survey approach to measuring informal sector. Read More
Estimating the Number and Economic Contribution of Home-Based Garment Producers in Ahmedabad NCAER Working Paper Series No. 75 Read More
Globalization and the Informal Economy: How Global Trade and Investment Impact on the Working Poor This paper examines the impact of globalization on those who work in the informal economy, with a special emphasis on women workers and producers. ... Read More
The Urban Informal Workforce: Street Vendors These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive... Read More
The Occupational Health of Waste Pickers in Pune: KKPKP and SWaCH Members Push for Health Rights This report from the union of waste pickers, KKPKP, in Pune, India details the interventions of the union to improve the health of their... Read More
Women Workers and the Politics of Claims-Making in a Globalizing Economy The paper analyses the evolving politics of claims-making by women workers in the Global South in the context of a globalized economy. It... Read More
