Asia & the Pacific

The Informal Economy in Indonesia: Size, Composition and Evolution

This study of statistical audit informal economy: an Indonesian case study was undertaken as part of an effort to clarify data- and statistics-related...

The Informal Sector and Informal Employment in Bangladesh

This report contains the findings of the 2010 labour force survey and the related suvey of informal sector enterprises. The surveys were...

Decent Work for All: Targeting Full Employment in Thailand

As described on the ILO website, this book “presents a timely examination of the issues and challenges in tackling the employment situation...

Estimating the Number and Economic Contribution of Home-Based Garment Producers in Ahmedabad

NCAER Working Paper Series No. 75

Homeworkers in Thailand and Legal Rights Protections

Women Subcontracted Workers in Sri Lanka

This chapter about subcontracted workers in Sri Lanka is part of the book that, as described on amazon.com, “studies the impact of...

Street Vending in Ten Cities in India

This report was written for NASVI (National Association of Street Vendors of India).

Promoting Low-Carbon Transport in India and the Challenges of Social Inclusion: Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Case Studies in India

Measuring Informality of Employment in Urban India-The Indian Journal of Labour Economics

In recent years, there has been an effort to clearly define informality along two axes, the legal status of the enterprise, that is, the...

Corporate Capitalism in the Name of Social Security

The many schemes that have been announced in the name of social security are limited in scope and the quantum of security they prefer. The...