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  • Research Reports

    Self Employed Women : A Profile of SEWA’s Membership

    Abstract: This booklet provides a thorough analysis of the membership of SEWA, Self Employed Women‟s Association. SEWA is an officially registered...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Trade unions and the challenge of the informalisation of work

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  • Journal Articles

    Can industrial outwork enhance homeworkers’ capabilities? Evidence from clusters in South AsiaWorld Development

    Homework can be seen as the source of exploitation of workers, but under some conditions, it can foster human development and the emergence...

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  • Organizing Briefs

    Informal Workers and Collective Bargaining: Five Case Studies

    This brief summarizes the findings of a set of case studies of collective bargaining by informal workers in five different countries. Included...

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  • Policy Briefs

    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...

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  • Research Reports

    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...

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  • Project Reports

    Women Workers in the Informal Sector in South Asia: Creating an Enabling Environment

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  • Working Papers

    Urban Employment in India: Recent Trends and Patterns

    Working Paper 7 was first published in 2011 and was updated in 2014. This paper explores trends in urban employment in India, with a focus...

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  • Worker Story

    Small World, Big Goals: A Home-Based Garment Worker in Delhi

    From her Delhi home, Farida-ben embroiders garments for foreign retailers. Denied an education and other options, she has done this work...

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  • Research Reports

    The Urban Informal Workforce: Home-Based Workers

    These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive...

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