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  • International workers News

    May Day: Investments in social and labour protections needed for economic recovery

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  • Woman waste picker in India News
    Fiscal Justice October 11, 2020

    Microinsurance needed for low-income families in India, says new report

    The insurance authority of India has made public a report that calls for the urgent implementation of changes that would expand microinsurance...

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  • WIEGO joins call for IMF to stop promoting austerity measures in the COVID-19 recovery period News
    COVID-19 Crisis Study October 07, 2020

    WIEGO joins call for IMF to stop promoting austerity measures in the COVID-19 recovery period

    We, the undersigned, call on the IMF to immediately stop promoting austerity around the world, and instead advocate policies that advance...

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  • Ghanian vendor with bananas Working Papers

    Tax Justice and the Informal Economy: A Review of the Debates

    Mike Rogan reviews how informal workers are taxed, why there is growing interest in taxing them, and whether they should be included in the...

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Coronavirus & Waste Pickers: Decreasing the Risks

    Poster/Graphic WIEGO’s Cuidar Project in Brazil focuses on understanding the health risks waste pickers face in the workplace.  To support...

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  • Journal Articles

    Gendered inequalities in the South African informal economy

    In this article in Agenda, WIEGO’s Michael Rogan and Laura Alfers examine sources of gender inequality within the South African informal...

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  • Food vendor in Lima, Peru News
    Fiscal Justice October 30, 2019

    Workers’ rights in informal economies

    A growing movement is helping improve lives and livelihoods for the world’s informal workers, Sally Roever explains in this Open Democracy...

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  • News
    Fiscal Justice September 26, 2019

    OpEd: South Africa’s Informal Sector Creates Jobs

    WIEGO’s Michael Rogan and Caroline Skinner wrote an OpEd in The Conversation shedding light on the realities of South Africa’s...

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  • Resource Documents

    Perceptions of Costs and Benefits of Informal-Formal Linkages: Market and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana

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  • Resource Documents

    Street Vendor Licensing and Permits — Reflections from StreetNet International

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