Asia & the Pacific

Bringing Back Social ForestryEconomic and Political Weekly

India’s social forestry programme promised much in the late-1970s and mid-1980s. It became the programme to be emulated for many developing...

Work-focused Responses to Disasters: India’s Self Employed Women’s Association

A new generation of Bangkok Street vendors: Economic crisis as opportunity and threatCities

In 1997, the financial crisis seriously damaged the Thai economy and led to the closing of many companies. Previously, it had been believed...

Urban India 2011: Evidence

Supporting Women Home-Based Workers: The Approach of the Self-Employed Womens, Association in India

The Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) of India is a national labour union that organizes women, workers in the informal economy...

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Ahmedabad, India

“We beat the path by walking” Part II: Three construction projects that advanced the learning and credibility of the Indian AllianceEnvironment and Urbanization

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

Informal Markets, Livelihood and Politics: Street vendors in urban India

Low industrial growth, declining agricultural sector and limited expansion of formal sector employment in India have increasingly forced...

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Pakistan and Ravi Town, Lahore

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Worker Identity, Agency and Economic Development: Women’s Empowerment in the Indian Informal Economy

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