Child Care

Hawkers and the Urban Informal Sector: A Study of Street Vending in Seven Cities

The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of the problems of street vendors in urban areas. The study discusses the profession...

Occupational Exposure and Health Problems in Small Scale Industry Workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a Situation AnalysisOccupational Medicine

Background: Workers in informal small-scale industries (SSI) in developing countries involved in welding, spray painting, woodwork and metalwork...

Can industrial outwork enhance homeworkers’ capabilities? Evidence from clusters in South AsiaWorld Development

Homework can be seen as the source of exploitation of workers, but under some conditions, it can foster human development and the emergence...

Recommendation No. 204 concerning the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy

Text of the Recommendation adopted by the Conference at its 104th Session in Geneva, on 12 June 2015.

Hierarchies of care work in South Africa: nurses, social workers and home-based care workers

This article by Francie Lund, who led WIEGO’s Social Protection Programme from 2000-2016, is chapter 21 (page 465-79) of the volume. ...

Urban Planning for the Working Poor

Background Note for the HABITAT Jam, December 1-4, 2005

Falling through the Regulatory Cracks: Street Selling of Pesticides and Poisoning among Urban Youth in South AfricaInternational Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Transitioning from the informal to the formal economy

Report V(1), International Labour Conference, 103rd Session, 2014

Growth, Employment and Social Cohesion in the Dominican Republic

Background paper for ILO-IMF Tripartite Consultation on Job-rich and Inclusive Growth in the Dominican Republic.

Women Informal Workers Mobilizing for Child Care

This paper provides Member-Based Organizations (MBOs) with examples of how women in informal employment are mobilizing for child care in...