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This report contains the findings of the 2010 labour force survey and the related suvey of informal sector enterprises. The surveys were carried out by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics with the technical assistance of with the Asian Development Bank. The topics on which data are reported include...
The growing aging population in developing Asia and the Pacific has significant consequences for providing social protection to the elderly. Social protection in the region has historically been weak and fragmented, and has mainly supported small segments of the population in the formal sector. Many...
This paper assesses the economic efficiency of a public-private community partnership in urban solid waste management in Dhaka City. Based on a successful pilot program at the micro level in a Dhaka City suburb, the paper builds a macro model for the city and provides an economic analysis of its...
From the paper's introduction: "Home‐based work has a much wider scope of activity than the singular task of an individual working from his/her home. This essential service is tied in with a larger chain of forward and backward linkages that enable the value addition till the goods reach their final...
Beijing workshop presentation for the China-India project, “Informal Employment, Poverty and Growth in India and China”
Beijing workshop presentation for the China-India project, “Informal Employment, Poverty and Growth in India and China”
Delhi workshop presentation for the China-India project, “Informal Employment, Poverty and Growth in India and China”
Delhi workshop presentation for the China-India project, “Informal Employment, Poverty and Growth in India and China”
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.