WIEGO Individual Members
Individual Members of WIEGO are drawn from two of WIEGO’s three constituencies: researchers, statisticians or academics who study the informal economy; and professionals in development agencies who work on issues related to the informal economy. The third constituency is membership-based organizations of informal workers – trade unions
cooperatives, or associations of various kinds – or trade unions that organize informal workers: such organizations are invited to become Institutional Members of WIEGO.
As of September 2011, the following individuals were Individual Members of WIEGO. Please note that these persons are members in their individual capacity; their institutional affiliation is listed for identification purposes only.
Lissette Aliaga
Alternativa
Peru
Uma Rani Amara
International Labour Organization
Switzerland
Armando Barrientos
University of Manchester
UK
Stephanie Barrientos
University of Manchester
UK
Kaushik Basu
Government of India and Cornell University
India
Srilatha Batliwala
Association for Women's Rights in Development
India
Grace Bediako
Ghana Statistical Service
Ghana
Lourdes Beneria
Cornell University
USA
Elaine Bernard
Harvard Law School
USA
Annette Bernhardt
National Employment Law Project
USA
Ela Bhatt
Self-Employed Women’s Association
India
Sharit Bhowmik
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
India
Jan Breman
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands
Alison Brown
Cardiff University
UK
Debbie Budlender
Community Agency for Social Enquiry
South Africa
Marilyn Carr
Independent Consultant
UK
Jacques Charmes
Scientific Research Institute for Development
France
Nancy Chau
Cornell University
USA
Sarah Cook
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
Switzerland
Jose Del Valle Perez
Confederación Revolucionaria de Obreros y Campesinos
Mexico
Donna Doane
Independent Consultant
Thailand
Richard Dobson
Asiye eTtafuleni
South Africa
Le Bach Duong
Institute for Social Development Studies
Vietnam
Diane Elson
University of Essex
UK
Simel Esim
International Labour Organization
Lebanon
Guadalupe Espinosa
Independent Consultant
Mexico
Valeria Esquivel
Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento
Argentina
Lourdes Ferran
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Venezuela
Jennifer N. Fish
Old Dominion University
USA
Marzia Fontana
Institute of Development Studies Sussex
UK
Lora Jo Foo
Sweatshop Watch
USA
Dan Gallin
Global Labour Institute
Switzerland
Sarah Gammage
Economic Policy Institute and Centro de Estudios Ambientales y Sociales para el Desarrollo Sostenible
Chile
Heather Gibb
North-South Institute
Canada
Mary Beth Graves
Harvard Business School
USA
Carol Grodzins
Ashoka
USA
Caren Grown
United States Agency for International Development and American University
USA
Margarita Guererro
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Thailand
James Heintz
University of Massachusetts
Amherst
USA
Noeleen Heyzer
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Thailand
Khuat Thu Hong
Institute for Social Development Studies
Vietnam
Carole Houlihan
Independent Consultant
Canad
Luciana Itikawa
Centro Gaspar Garcia de Direitos Humanos
Brazil
Christian Jacquier
International Labour Organization
Switzerland
Chandni Joshi
Independent Consultant
Nepal
Naila Kabeer
London School of Economics
UK
Paula Kantor
International Center for Research on Women
USA
Christie Keith
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives
USA
Rudith King
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Ghana
Johanna Chao Kreilick
Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations
USA
Lucita Lazo
Independent Consultant
Philippines
Rakawin Leechanavanichphan
International Labour Organization
Thailand
Julian Luckham
Independent Consultant
Canada
Jacqui MacDonald
Independent Consultant
Canada
Anna Marriott
Independent Consultant
UK
Kate Meagher
London School of Economics
UK
Martin Medina
Independent Consultant
USA
Santosh Mehrotra
Planning Commission
India
Carmelo Mesa-Lago
University of Pittsburgh
USA
Jyoti Mhapsekar
Stree Mukti Sanghtana
India
Nidhi Mirani
Service Employees International Union
USA
Winnie Mitullah
University of Nairobi
Kenya
Rodrigo Negrete
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía
Mexico
Jillian Nicholson
Independent Consultant
South Africa
Blagica Novkovska
State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia
Karl Osner
Association for the Promotion of the North-South Dialogue
Germany
Pierella Paci
The World Bank
USA
Ruth Pearson
University of Leeds
UK
Mercedes Pedrero
Centro Regional de Investigaciones Multidisciplinarias-UNAM
Mexico
Xizhe Peng
Fudan University
China
Shahra Razavi
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
Switzerland
Cristina Regalado
California Wellness Foundation
USA
Emmanuel Reynaud
International Labour Organization
Switzerland
Carol Richards
Burma Forum
USA
Glen Robbins
University of KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa
Ashwani Saith
Institute of Social Studies
Netherlands
Kamala Sankaran
University of Delhi
India
Hubert Schmitz
Institute of Development Studies Sussex
UK
Jennefer Sebstad
Independent Consultant
USA
Salem V. Sethuraman
Independent Consultant
USA
Alakh Sharma
Insitute for Human Development
India
Andrea Singh
Independent Consultant
USA
Navsharan Singh
International Development Research Center
India
Nancy Spence
Independent Consultant
Canada
Dave Spooner
Global Labour Institute
UK
Kathy Sreedhar
Unitarian Universalist Holdeen India Program
USA
Smita Srinivas
Columbia University
USA
Ratna Sudarshan
Insitute for Social Studies Trust
India
Neil Tangri
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives
India
Victor Tokman
University of Chile
Chile
Leslie Tuttle
Partners in Health
USA
Ricardo Valencia
CEMPRE
Colombia
Anneke van Luijken
International Restructuring Education Network Europe
Netherlands
Rosa Irene Vera Fernandez
Pontificia Universidad Catolica do Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Leah Vosko
York University
Canada
Robert Wanzusi Matukhu
Uganda Public Employees Union
Uganda
Carol Wills
Independent Consultant
UK
Gabrielle Wills
Reform Development Consulting
South Africa
Nora Wintour
StreetNet
France
Yu Yao
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
China
Gisele Yasmeen
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Canada
WIEGO Board Members
Debra Davis (Treasurer)
Independent Consultant
UK
Ravi Kanbur
Cornell University
USA
Lin Lean Lim
Independent Consultant
Malaysia
William Steel
University of Ghana
Ghana
Jeemol Unni
Institute of Rural Management/Anand
India
Carmen Vildoso
Municipality of Lima
Peru
WIEGO has four additional Board Members, representing four of its institutional members:
Renana Jhabvala (Chair)
Self-Employed Women’s Association
India
Kofi Asamoah
Ghana Trades Union Congress
Ghana
Barbro Budin
International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations
France
Clarisse Gnahoui
StreetNet
Benin
WIEGO Personnel: Non-Voting Members
To see the list of names, please visit the WIEGO team members page.
