Asia & the Pacific

Dynamic networks of grassroots innovators in India

Abstract: ‘Grassroots innovations’ in India are receiving increasing attention from innovation scholars and policymakers alike. These innovations...

Pakistan’s Hidden Workers

From the Executive Summary: “The aim of the research was to map and trace supply chains in Pakistan’s informal economy; to identify...

Outworkers and Precarity: The Case of Victorian Clothing WorkersJust Policy: A Journal of Australian Social Policy

Abstract: Clothing outworkers are some of the most exploited and marginalised workers in the Australian labour market. If trade unions are...

Human Development and Clothing Manufacturing in Cambodia: Challenges and Strategies for the Garment Industry

The Cost for Women Workers of Precarious Employment in Bangladesh

Capitalism and the Common Man – Four Decades of Development in Africa and S Asia

Unpublished paper written for Graduate Institute, Annual Lecture, Geneva, 23 September 2010

Gender and Globalization: Opportunities and Constraints Faced by Women in the Construction Industry in India

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Power in Global Value Chains: Implications for Employment and Livelihoods in the Cashew Nut Industry in India

Non-regular Employment and Gaps in Statistics in Japan

Paper for the WIEGO meeting on “Measuring Informal Employment in Developed Countries” 31 October-1 November 2008, Harvard University

Constraints on Policy Making Towards the Informal Economy in Indonesia: Lessons of the Current Decade

This study was undertaken as part of an effort to draw out policy lessons learnt since the systemic shock triggered by the 1997/98 crisis,...