Asia & the Pacific

Sumário Executivo – Estudo de Monitoramento da Economia Informal: Catadores e Catadoras em Pune, na Índia

City Report (English)

Dynamics of Globalization and Industrial Relations in India

Statistical Study of Home-Based Workers in Pakistan

This study quantifies the trends in the population of HBWs in Pakistan, by urban/rural, province and gender, and also analyzes the last 10...

Statistics on Home-Based Workers in Nepal

This brief presents estimates of homebased workers in Nepal, certain characteristics of their work, their age distribution and family composition....

Bangkok’s Foodscape: Public Eating, Gender Relations and Urban Change

Empowering Women in an Insecure World. Joining SEWA Makes a Difference.

Abstract: This paper examines what significance membership in SEWA has. SEWA, a trade union of self-employed poor women, uses several strategies...

Extending the Coverage of Minimum Wages in India: Simulations from Household Data

Conditions of Work and Employment Series, No. 26

Reshaping the social contract: emerging relations between the state and informal labor in India

Abstract: This article focuses on informal construction and bidi (local tobacco) workers in India. Informal workers in these sectors can...

Dagongmei: Arbeiterinnen aus Chinas Weltmarktfabriken erzahlen

German version of Made in China: Women Factory Workers in a Global Workplace and the Oral Accounts of Dagongmei

La crise du chomage et son importance pour la class ouvriere chinoise