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Abstract: The article discusses brief profile of Indian freedom fighter leader Mahatma Gandhi and his legacy. Topics include his salt march, using spinning wheel and his contribution to Indian freedom movement. Further, relevance of his principles in today's India are highlighted. Also views of...
India's information technology hardware segment is heavily dependent on imports of components and finished goods. After surveying Tamil Nadu's hardware electronics sector, this article argues that the stagnation of the electronics hardware sectors stems from a failure to create backward linkages, a...
Text of the Recommendation adopted by the Conference at its 104th Session in Geneva, on 12 June 2015.
The goal of the Child Care Initiative Strategic Workshop was to determine the future direction of WIEGO's Child Care Initiative. Through this initiative WIEGO hoped to raise the visibility of childcare as an essential component of social protection for informal workers and to better understand the...
Myrtle Witbooi never intended to become a domestic worker. She had planned on studying nursing, but when a family asked her to help caretake for their daughter, who was recently burned, she agreed. For the next 12 years, she lovingly looked after the growing child and her siblings and, unwittingly...
Myrtle Witbooi no planeaba ser trabajadora del hogar; lo que quería era estudiar enfermería. Pero cuando una familia le pidió ayuda para cuidar a su hija, quien se había quemado recientemente, aceptó. Durante los 12 años siguientes, se dedicó con amor al cuidado de la niña y sus hermanos, y, sin...
This article utilises state-level data for 1961-2012 to examine the interlinkage between informal finance and monetary policy. The analysis suggests that in response to a monetary contraction, borrowing from moneylenders declines, whereas that from landlords and relatives increases. In addition, the...
A categorical distinction is facing rough weather--that between urban and rural. If we take just agriculture, there is so much of the outside world that comes in not just as external markets but as external inputs. Further, many of our villages barely qualify as rural if we were to take occupation...
Examining the link between structural change and growth in India, this study constructs indices of structural change, and performs a panel data analysis using data for India's 16 major states. It finds that there is a one-way positive effect of structural change on growth during the 2000-06 period...
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.