Formalization

Supporting Informal Livelihoods in Public Space: A Toolkit for Local Authorities

This toolkit is designed to assist city officials and other local authorities to adopt an inclusive approach to managing public space that...

Negotiating Formality: Informal Sector, Market, and State in Peru

Recovering resources, creating opportunities: Integrating the informal sector into solid waste management

Informalization of labour markets: Is formalization the answer?

El empleo informal en México visto bajo el esquema conceptual OIT- Grupo de Delhi

Sus au Travail Informel

The article by Karin Pape is on page 11 in Solidarité.

Integrating Waste Pickers into Municipal Solid Waste Management in Pune, India

No person should have to be immersed in solid waste for their livelihood, yet every day hundreds of thousands of informal waste pickers in...

Paying Waste Pickers for Environmental Services: A Critical Examination of Options Proposed in Brazil

This Brief synthesizes the main conclusions of the research and the methodology proposed by the Brazilian Institute for Applied Economic...

Informal Employment and Development: Patterns of Inclusion and ExclusionThe European Journal of Development Research

At present, there is renewed interest in the informal economy worldwide. This renewed interest has rekindled some of the old debates about...

WIEGO Network Platform: Transitioning from the Informal to the Formal Economy in the Interests of Workers in the Informal Economy

The platform sets out common core needs and demands for informal workers around organizing/labour rights, voice and bargaining power, legal...