Asia & the Pacific

Reconfiguring Space, Mobilizing Livelihood: Street Vending, Legality, and Work in the Philippines

In the Philippines, the liberalization of the country’s economy has meant increasing rural to urban migration and dramatic growth in informal...

Developing an Action-based Health and Safety Training Project in Southern China

Report of the Independent Group on Home-Based Workers

A large section of the national workforce is predominantly home-based workers who tend to remain invisible, both physically as they are working...

Indonesia: Exploitation and Abuse: The Plight of Women Domestic Workers

Decent Work in the Informal Economy in Cambodia: A Literature Review

SEWA Project: Productivity Impact Study

SEWA has for a number of years been involved in the participatory design of work equipment prototypes for various sectors of the informal...

Liberalization in Trade and Finance: India’s Garment Sector

Do Rights Work? Law, Activism, and the Employment Guarantee Scheme

Analyzes whether enshrining employment as a right has a substantive effect on access to employment in India.

The Politics of Classification and the Complexity of Governance in Census Towns

Spontaneous urbanisation through the transfer of capital from the agricultural sector to the commercial sector has given rise to a large...

Street Vendors in Ahmedabad: Status, Contribution and Challenges

From the preface: “This Working Paper forms part of the research project, Making Space for the Poor: Law, Rights, Regulation and Street-Trade...