Asia & the Pacific

Working Life of Street Vendors in MumbaiThe Indian Journal Of Labour Economics

Abstract: Street vendors in Mumbai are among the most deprived sections of the self-employed workers. This paper tries to portray the ‘working...

Valuing Informal Integration: Inclusive Recycling in North Africa and the Middle East

Report highlighting cases from North Africa and the Middle East of inclusive waste management systems. Lessons for improved practice in waste...

India’s Handloom Challenge

The Indian weaver is dismissed in high places as an embarrassing anachronism, despite demand for his or her skills and products. In the new...

In the Footsteps of GandhiNational Geographic

Abstract: The article discusses brief profile of Indian freedom fighter leader Mahatma Gandhi and his legacy. Topics include his salt march,...

A ‘Wild West’ of trade? African women and men and the gendering of globalisation from below in GuangzhouIdentities: Global Studies in Culture and Power

Based on fieldwork in Guangzhou, this paper documents the activities of a group of African women traders, highlighting their role in constituting...

The Self-Employed Women’s Association

Health Insurance in India: The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana

This policy brief explores the challenges faced by India’s poor workers in using the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), the largest...

City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Ahmedabad, India

Protecting caste livelihoods on the western coast of India: an intersectional analysis of Udupi’s fisherwomen

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO. 

Redefined Labour Spaces: Organising Workers in Post-Liberalised India

This book discusses the transformation of labour movements and trade unionism in post-liberalised India. It looks at emerging collectivism,...