Home-Based Workers

On Castles and Commerce: Zoning Law and the Home-Business Dilemma

Discusses how zoning laws can prevent or enable the development of home-based businesses in the United States.

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...

Home-Based Workers and Cities

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.   Abstract: This paper explores the impact of local government...

Managing Resources, Activities, and Risk in Urban India: The Impact of SEWA Bank

Trade unions and the challenge of the informalisation of work

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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...

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...

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...

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...

Home-based Workers: Data from the 1990 Census of Population