Weathering the Change: How Street Vendors are Shaping Their Future in the Face of Climate Challenges in ASEAN
These three case studies have been developed as part of an Oxfam project titled ‘Improved Social Protection and Labor Rights for Women Workers in ASEAN’s Agri-Food Sector’, funded by DGD … Continue reading
Mapping Informal Waste Sector in Da Nang
The informal waste sector dominates the tradeable waste collection system in Viet Nam. While this ecosystem is not well understood, it is accepted to be one of the most crucial … Continue reading
Gendered strategies of Hanoi’s street food vendors
Drawing upon examples of street vendors in Hanoi, this study explores gendered strategies to adapt to rapid urbanization, and how street vendors’ responses, in turn, shape the current informal food … Continue reading
How to build a data revolution
This video series by UNU-WIDER tells the story of Viet Nam’s data revolution. To build on its success in poverty reductions, the country needed better data to continue pressing forward … Continue reading
Nature-based solutions for building resilience in towns and cities
Case studies from the Greater Mekong Subregion – This publication emphasizes the need to recognize rehabilitating natural systems with nature based solutions as key for building sustainability and resilience in … Continue reading
Crossing to safety
Two people die on the roads each minute worldwide, 1.24 million people each year.Without interventions, annual deaths on the roads are predicted to surge to 1.9 million by 2020. Globally, … Continue reading
Reducing all Forms of Child Poverty: The Need for Comprehensive Measurement
Despite widespread investments in child poverty reduction, the way in which child poverty is measured presents a narrow and partial picture. Current practice is still biased towards measuring static and … Continue reading
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