Home-Based Workers

Positioning women homeworkers in a global footwear production network: How can homeworkers improve agency, influence and claim rights?The Journal of Industrial Relations

Abstract: This article analyses the position of women footwear homeworkers, using global production networks as a conceptual lens. Using...

Informal Sector, Poverty and Gender: A Review of Empirical Evidence

Home Based Work in India: A Disappearing Continuum of Dependence?

Paper presented at the EGDI and UNU-WIDER Conference Unlocking Human Potential: Linking the Informal and Formal Sectors, September 17-18...

Women Producers and the Benefits of Collective Forms of Enterprise

The article describes findings related to women’s experiences in collective enterprises, all linked to the Fair Trade movement. It includes...

Coping with Crises: Lingering Recession, Rising Inflation, and the Informal Workforce

This report proposes a a number of policies to help address the existing vulnerabilities of workers in the informal economy and minimize...

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...

Organising home-based workers in the global economy: an action-research approachDevelopment in Practice

Abstract: This article describes an action-research project which has the multiple objectives of mapping the range of home-based work in...

Subcontracted Work and Gender Relations: The Case of Pakistan

This chapter about subcontracted workers in Pakistan is part of the book that, as described on amazon.com, “studies the impact of...

Housing and Urban Service Needs of Home-Based Workers: Findings From a Seven-Country Study

This policy brief considers linkages between urban infrastructure and livelihood issues for home-based workers. It is based on a series of...

Home-Based Enterprises in Urban Space: Obligation for Strategic Planning?Berkeley Planning Journal

One major manifestation of rapid urbanization and underdevelopment is the re-emergence of informal sector activities. This trend includes...