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Working Paper 32/17 from the Centre for Development Policy and Research presents a summary of the findings of "The ESRC-DFID Research Project - Labour Standards and the Working Poor in China and India". More information about this research is available on the CDPR website.
This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO. This paper explains the reasons behind the growing social tension and increased number of conflicts in China after a good performance in meeting the Millennium Development Goals. In this paper, we map out the issues...
This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO. Chinese cities have undergone a process of urbanization that has resulted in significant urban sprawl in the past 20 years. This paper uses the “ecology of actors” framework to analyse the interactions among various...
"The ever rising mounts of trash that Beijing produces and disposes of as far away from the city as possible will sooner or later pose a problem that authorities won’t be able to ignore." Student papers posted on WIEGO's website have not been commissioned, vetted or otherwise approved by WIEGO. They...
Based on fieldwork in Guangzhou, this paper documents the activities of a group of African women traders, highlighting their role in constituting globalisation from below or a counterhegemonic globalisation that emanates from China. It further builds on previous studies on women and development to...
Street vending faces uncertain state responses in contemporary Chinese cities, though it plays an important role in sustaining the livelihood of urban migrants.
The burgeoning interstate relation between China and Nigeria is in fact hiding the vulnerable condition of transnational Chinese petty entrepreneurship. Small-scale Chinese entrepreneurs in Nigeria are faced with everyday corruption practised by both Nigerian authorities and ordinary Nigerian people...
The Centre for Development Policy and Research is pleased to announce the publication of Development Viewpoint #80: “Documenting the Lack of Labour Rights in India’s Construction Sector”. This Development Viewpoint draws on research conducted in Delhi and Shanghai by the ESRC-DFID Research Project...
Street vending represents a vital and growing aspect of the urban informal economy that is often the subject of municipal regulatory efforts that seek to control, confine or extinguish it. In the People’s Republic of China, recent developments and discussions on vendor rights and regulation...
By focusing on Guangzhou's street-vending policy transformation, this article explores how exclusionary practices of urban politics in China are undermined by those who it seeks to exclude and the progressive political climate that questions the exclusionary framework. The exclusion of street...
Videos / Slideshows / Audio
Millions of women work long hours, in dangerous conditions, for little pay. They are fighting for change, with the help of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Watch this video to learn how.
Workers Education/Organizing Materials
This manual helps street vendors learn more about the regulations that govern public space and how to defend the right to work in public space. It describes successful actions taken by street vendor organizations. And it offers information to help you organize and negotiate with local government.
WIEGO Working Papers
Mike Rogan reviews how informal workers are taxed, why there is growing interest in taxing them, and whether they should be included in the tax net.