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27/11/2007
Water
Waste Threat Pushes Fiji Villagers into Action

By Shailendra Singh
Fiji -
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11/5/2006
LESSONS FROM THAILAND
Compassion Works
Sutthida Malikaew
CHIANG MAI - Legal weapons, evictions and cleanliness drives are the most common responses..
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11/5/2006
THAILAND
Work-related Diseases Down, Suicide Worries Rise
Sutthida Malikaew
LAMPOON, Thailand - Improvements in occupational safety and health in this northern Thai province,..
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9/5/2006
JUST HARD WORK
Proletarian Enterpreneurs
Alejandro Kirk
BANGKOK - Surveys show that many street vendors in Bangkok have reached that elusive..
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9/5/2006
CHANGING MINDSETS
Slowly, Informal Economy Gets Recognised
Johanna Son
BANGKOK - Recognition of the informal economy -- its social and economic value as..
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9/5/2006
BEYOND THE LAW
Power to the Vendors
Alejandro Kirk
BANGKOK - To Sathapom Charupa, director of labour protection at the Thai Ministry..
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9/5/2006
THAILAND
Market Over Troubled Waters
Lin Zixin
BANGKOK - "There are no railings for these platforms above the canal! Won’t the..
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9/5/2006
FORUM
What Struck You Most About the Informal Economy Seminars?
Lin Zixin
BANGKOK - David Tajgman, ILO consultant: Realism, I was struck by the realism of..
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9/5/2006
STREET VENDORS
Illegal but Everywhere
Alejandro Kirk
BANGKOK - In Bangkok, street vendors have been around since 200 years ago, Narumol..
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9/5/2006
INDIA'S VENDORS
Silent Service Providers
Soma Basu
MADURAI, India - For nearly two decades, 45-year-old Tamil Selvi has been rendering a silent..
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9/5/2006
CAMBODIA
Time to Recognise Hawkers
Alejandro Kirk
BANGKOK - While the streets of Phnom Penh are packed with women selling food and..
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8/5/2006
THAILAND
"No One Policy for All" for Vendors
Lin Zixin
BANGKOK - Policies need to be tailor-made for different groups of street vendors..
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8/5/2006
INDIA
Time to Solve Problems from Below – Professor
Lin Zixin
BANGKOK - Decentralising and democratising the decision-making process and creating..
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8/5/2006
MALAYSIA
Kuala Lumpur Pushes ‘Upgrading’ of Hawkers by 2015
Lin Zixin
BANGKOK - Kuala Lumpur looks to register all street hawkers “regardless of their..
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8/5/2006
MONGOLIA
Legal Framework for Vending a First Step
Lin Zixin
 The drawing up of a national law on street vending is crucial for improving..
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