All posts in Asia & the Pacific
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Journal Articles
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...
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Journal Articles
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...
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Research Reports
Migrant Construction Workers in Ahmedabad: A Profile
Over the years, Rajasthani migrants have come to overwhelmingly occupy specific trade niches in Ahmedabad.
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Research Reports
Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Waste Pickers
Waste pickers are one of the three urban informal worker groups – along with street vendors and home-based workers – who are the focus of...
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Research Reports
Our Children Do Not Get the Attention They Deserve
This report presents the results of a five-city research study examining informal women workers’ access to child care in Brazil, Ghana,...
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Research Reports
The Triple Absence of Labour Rights: Triangular Labour Relations and Informalisation in the Construction and Garment Sectors in Delhi and Shanghai
Working Paper 32/17 from the Centre for Development Policy and Research presents a summary of the findings of “The ESRC-DFID Research...
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Policy Briefs
Approaches to Basic Service Delivery for the Working Poor: Assessing the Impact of Mahila Housing Trust’s Parivartan Slum Upgrading Programme in Ahmedabad, India
Increased urbanization in India has meant more poor people live in hazardous conditions, lacking access to even basic facilities and services....
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Research Reports
The Urban Informal Workforce: Waste Pickers/Recyclers
These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive...
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Working Papers
Forging a New Conceptualization of “The Public” in Waste Management
The involvement of informal workers in municipal service delivery is generally theorized and studied as a key component of a neoliberal privatization...
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Books & Book Chapters
Indian Capitalism in Development
Recognising the different ways that capitalism is theorised, this book explores various aspects of contemporary capitalism in India. Using...
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