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  • Research Reports

    The Beedi Industry in India: An Overview

    A report on Improving Working Conditions and Employment Opportunities for Women Workers in Beedi Industry by Best Practices Foundation for...

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  • Research Reports

    Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Home-Based Workers

    This report synthesizes qualitative and quantitative data from the first (2012) round of IEMS fieldwork in the home-based work sector in...

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  • Journal Articles

    One Step Forward or More Window Dressing? A Legal Analysis of Recent CSR Initiatives in the Garment Industry in BangladeshInternational Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations

    Abstract: The Bangladesh ready-made garment industry has recently been the scene of a number of major accidents, with the collapse of the...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    ‘Life Has Educated Me’: Building Interpersonal Networks through the Jadibanagar Slum Upgrading Project

    This study is a jointly produced outcome from the reflection and sharing of group participants in the Exposure Dialogue Programme (EDP)....

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  • Research Reports

    Urbanization and Agglomeration Benefits: Gender Differentiated Impacts on Enterprise Creation in India’s Informal Sector

    This paper presents an exploration at the intersection of four important themes in the current development discourse: urbanization, agglomeration...

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  • Journal Articles

    Economic Survey 2014-15Economic and Political Weekly

    The Economic Survey is an important economic document published every year by the Ministry of Finance. This article undertakes a critical...

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  • Journal Articles

    Globalization, The Financial Crisis and Petty Production in India’s Socially Regulated Informal Economy

    Abstract: This essay explores theoretical and practical problems arising from the impact of liberalization/globalization and its latest crisis...

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  • Journal Articles

    In the Shadow of the States: The Informalities of Chinese Petty Entrepreneurship in NigeriaJournal of Current Chinese Affairs

    The burgeoning interstate relation between China and Nigeria is in fact hiding the vulnerable condition of transnational Chinese petty entrepreneurship. ...

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  • Policy Briefs

    The Regularization of Street Vending in Bhubaneshwar, India: A Policy Model

    After years of conflict between street traders and local authorities, the city of Bhubaneshwar, India developed a public, private and community...

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  • Research Reports

    City Report – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Home-Based Workers in Ahmedabad, India

    In Ahmedabad, WIEGO partnered with the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) to carry out this study. This report outlines key findings...

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