Building Collective Power

Summary of Key Findings from Cooperation Among Workers in the Informal Economy: A Focus on Home-Based Workers and Waste Pickers

This is a summary of a report that is part of the joint ILO and WIEGO initiative, which focuses on the current challenges, opportunities,...

Organising Informal Transport Workers: A Case Study of the National Transport Workers’ Union Philippines

Towards Economic Freedom: The Impact of SEWA

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Women in the Informal Sector: A Global Picture, the Global Movement

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Beyond Survival, Organizing the Informal Economy

Combining Forces – Networks and Federations of Waste Picker Organisations

Reclaiming Reusable and Recyclable Materials in Africa – A Critical Review of English Language Literature

This paper seeks to include Africa in the current international conversations about the situation of informal workers such as waste pickers....

Organising in the Taxi Industry: The South African Experience

Organising Women Workers in the Informal EconomyGender and Development

Abstract: This article focuses on the challenges facing organisation among the hardest-to-reach working women in the informal economy. What...

Planning and the Self-Organization of MarketplacesJournal of Planning Education and Research

The number of marketplaces in the United States is growing rapidly. This growth belies the long history of marketplaces and signals their...